Basketball's Kevin Foster Named West Coast Conference Player of the Week

Basketball's Kevin Foster Named West Coast Conference Player of the Week

Santa Clara senior guard Kevin Foster, named to the 2012 West Coast Conference Preseason All-WCC a couple weeks ago, has been named the WCC Player of the Week in the opening week of the college basketball season. 

Foster opened the 2012-13 season in impressive fashion, scoring 27 points and dishing out nine assists with four rebounds and two steals with no turnovers in a Broncos victory over Simpson University -- a team playing its fifth game of the season. Foster sank seven three pointers, and was 9-of-17 shooting overall in 24 minutes of action vs. Simpson. 

The Bronco men's basketball team begins play in the CBE Classic this week, traveling to St. Louis for a Nov. 14 contest with the Billikens at 5 pm Pacific. The game will be shown live on Fox Sports Midwest TV and be aired at 7 pm Pacific on tape delay on the Broncos Radio Network at KDOW 1220 AM.

Foster is 18 points from breaking the school's long-time career points scored record held by Kurt Rambis since 1980.  Rambis scored 1,735 points from 1976-80.  To break the record Foster, currently No. 4 all-time with 1,718 points, will have to pass Brian Jones (No. 3 with 1,722 from 1996-01) and Harold Keeling (No. 2 with 1,732 from 1981-85) as well.  Note: the Santa Clara media guide for years published 1,725, 1,735 and 1,736 as Rambis' career totals (dating back to the 1981).  Looking back at his four-year totals, Rambis officially scored 1,735 career points (413 his freshman year, 371 his sophomore year, 422 his junior year and 529 his senior year).

Foster is No. 3 all-time in career three pointers in the West Coast Conference as well, already holding the school record with 318. He topped Steve Nash's school record of 263 threes (1992-96) early last season.  Foster needs 46 threes to break Jeff Fryer's WCC record from 1987-90 when he played at LMU and scored 363.  No. 2 is Jared Stohl who scored 336 from 2007-11 at Portland.