Ohio Northern junior guard Branden Rushton was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 19-25.

Rushton averaged 21.3 points per game in three games last week.

He scored 24 points in victories over Alma (Mich.) and Finlandia (Mich.) to lead the Polar Bears (4-1 overall) to the Alma Thanksgiving Classic title and scored 15 in a 69-64 loss to Defiance.

Rushton was named to the Alma All-Tournament Team. This season, Rushton leads the team in scoring at 18.4 ppg.

Ohio Northern will return to action Wednesday at 7:30 pm at home against No. 13-ranked Wooster at the ONU Sports Center.