Donovan Dent did it again on Monday, earning his second Mountain West Player of the Week honor of the season and the third of his career.
And while there is still plenty of season left to play (30 percent of UNM’s league games have been played), the junior point guard is starting to put just a little bit of space between himself and the rest of the field in what will most likely still be a very hotly contested race for Mountain West Player of the Year.
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