Jan. 26, 2009
Santa Clara, Calif. - Named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week today, Santa Clara senior center John Bryant averaged 19 points, 16.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks last week. Shooting better than 76 percent, Bryant helped the Broncos to two straight wins over San Francisco and Houston Baptist. Continuing WCC action this weekend at home, Santa Clara hosts LMU on Thurs., Jan. 29 at 7 pm and then Pepperdine on Sat., Jan. 31 at 7 pm.
Last week against San Francisco, Bryant collected his 14th double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Bryant then scored 20 points and grabbed 21 rebounds in the Broncos' win over Houston Baptist on Sunday. The 21-rebound performance was Bryant's fourth 20+ rebound game of the season, the most in the country, and it marked the fourth time he's had at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game. Bryant now leads the nation in overall rebounds with 284, eight more than Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, who is second with 276. The double--double was the San Pablo, Calif. native's WCC-leading 15th of the season, ranking him second in the nation behind Griffin's 16.
"I am really happy for John and for our team this past week. We had some of the best practices of the year last week and it showed in the games we played," said Bronco head coach Kerry Keating. "For John to get Player of the Week in a conference as strong as the WCC is a real compliment to the type of player he is with two teams in the top 25. He has worked hard to put himself in this position and his efforts on and off the court as a leader are also appreciated."
"It's a real honor in a conference like this to be named the Player of the Week. There are a lot of really good players in the WCC this year," said Bryant, who was also named WCC Player of the Week on Dec. 7. "As for moving up the career charts, I don't pay attention to that kind of stuff right now, but it's nice to see my name in there with the likes of Kurt Rambis, Steve Nash, Dennis Awtrey and Ken Sears. Ken Sears was a beast on the boards - he had 30 rebounds in a game and that's tough."
Opponent Date GS Min FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAN FRANCISCO 1/23/09 * 28 9-11 .818 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 10 12 12.0 1 0 1 2 2 1 18 18.0
HOUSTON BAPTIST 1/25/09 * 32 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 6-8 .750 4 17 21 16.5 1 0 0 1 5 0 20 19.0
Totals......................... 2 60 16-21 .762 0-0 .000 6-8 .750 6 27 33 16.5 2 0 1 3 7 1 38 19.0
He is the only Bronco to ever score 1,400 points, collect more than 900 rebounds and block more than 200 shots in his career. Bryant is working to become the first Bronco since Kurt Rambis to collect 1,000+ rebounds and just the third in school history. Dennis Awtrey holds the school record with 1,135 rebounds (1967-70) and Rambis is second with 1,037 rebounds (1976-80). Bryant has 969 career rebounds and needs just 167 to break Awtrey's school record.
He is No. 9 on the all-time scoring list with 1,450 points. He needs 288 points to break Kurt Rambis' school record from 1976-80.
Bryant is in a number of career top 10 lists. See below.
| Blocks | No. 1 (219) |
| Rebounds | No. 3 (969) |
| Field Goal Percentage | No. 4 (57.3%) |
| Field Goals Made | No. 5 (582) |
| Games Started | No. 8 (95) |
| Personal Fouls | No. 8 (307) |
| Points Scored | No. 9 (1,450) |
| Blocks | No. 4 (56) |
Bryant's Career Totals:
Total Rebounds
Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2005-06 29 14 497 17.1 85 144 .590 0 0 .000 22 32 .688 59 121 180 6.2 69 2 12 34 37 6 192 6.6
2006-07 31 29 720 23.2 130 246 .528 0 0 .000 61 93 .656 57 150 207 6.7 91 2 19 55 49 14 321 10.4
2007-08 31 30 862 27.8 214 367 .583 0 1 .000 130 175 .743 78 220 298 9.6 93 2 21 86 76 15 558 18.0
2008-09 22 22 646 29.4 153 259 .591 0 0 .000 73 98 .745 86 198 284 12.9 54 1 26 56 57 13 379 17.2
TOTAL 113 95 2725 24.1 582 1016 .573 0 1 .000 286 398 .719 280 689 969 8.6 307 7 78 231 219 48 1450 12.8
