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After a career-high 31-point outburst, Arkansas State’s Norchad Omier made it back-to-back Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Player of the Week nods.

Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
Norchad Omier, Arkansas State
(Fr., F – Bluefields, Nicaragua)

Red Wolves freshman forward Norchad Omier netted a career-high 31 points on 15-of-19 shooting, as Arkansas State closed out non-conference play with an 88-66 victory over Lyon College. Omier’s 30-point effort was the second by a Sun Belt player this season, while his 15 made field goals are the most by a conference student-athlete this year. The Bluefields, Nicaragua, native added 10 boards for his seventh double-double of the season and his fifth over the past six games. Omier also had five blocks, an assist and a steal in the contest.

2021 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Corey Allen, Georgia State
Week 2 – Caleb Asberry, Texas State
Week 3 – Charles Manning Jr., South Alabama
Week 4 – Rudi Williams, Coastal Carolina
Week 5 – Jordan Brown, Louisiana
Week 6 – Norchad Omier, Arkansas State
Week 7 – Norchad Omier, Arkansas State