DALLAS – Liberty’s Zach Cleveland and FIU’s Eric Dibami earned Conference USA Men’s Basketball weekly honors. The 2025-26 Players of the Week are voted on by the league’s sports information directors.
 
CUSA Player of the Week – Zach Cleveland, Liberty – Sr. – F – Bloomington, Ill.
Cleveland earns Player of the Week honors after posting his first career triple-double in Liberty’s (20-3, 12-0 CUSA) 79-76 win over Missouri State on Saturday. The Flames secured their 14^th straight win and improved to 12-0 at home and 12-0 in league action. The senior forward became the 12^th player in CUSA history to record a triple-double in a league contest and the last since Rice’s Max Fiedler during the 2022-23 season. Cleveland posted 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in Saturday’s victory. On the week, he averaged 11.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 10.0 assists and shot 62.5 percent (10-16) from the field.
 
CUSA Freshman of the Week – Eric Dibami, FIU – Fr. – F – Yaounde, Cameroon
Dibami claims his second Freshman of the Week of the season as he led the Panthers (11-12, 4-8 CUSA) to a 1-1 week with a road win at MTSU. The freshman big man averaged 12.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists. In Wednesday's overtime win in Murfreesboro, Dibami recorded his fifth career double-double as he notched 10 points and grabbed 10 boards. He followed that performance with 14 points and six rebounds in a loss at WKU on Saturday.
 
2025-26 CUSA Players of the Week
N10    Zach Cleveland, Liberty
N17    Mostapha El Moutaouakkil, Jax State
N24    Torey Alston, MTSU
D1      Simeon Cottle, Kennesaw State
D8      Corey Stephenson, FIU
D15    Justyn Fernandez, Delaware
D22    Torey Alston, MTSU
D29    Kaden Metheny, Liberty
J5       Alec Oglesby, MTSU
J12     Simeon Cottle, Kennesaw State
J19     RJ Johnson, Kennesaw State
J26     Michael Osei-Bonsu, Missouri State
          Po’Boigh King, Sam Houston
F2      Elijah Jones, UTEP
F9      Zach Cleveland, Liberty
 
2025-26 CUSA Freshmen of the Week
N10     Trey Simpson, Kennesaw State
N17    Armelo Boone, WKU
N24    Armelo Boone, WKU
D1      Armelo Boone, WKU
D8      Jacob Walker, Sam Houston
D15    Christian Bliss, Delaware
D22    Armelo Boone, WKU
D29    Eric Dibami, FIU
J5       Trey Williams Jr., Missouri State
J12     Trey Simpson, Kennesaw State
J19     Trey Simpson, Kennesaw State
J26     Trey Simpson, Kennesaw State
F2      JaCoby Hill, Jax State
F9      Eric Dibami, FIU