BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference has announced the first MEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the 2024-25 season. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
West Liberty University’s Finley Woodward, a 6-7 junior forward from Bristol, England, has been chosen as the MEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. Woodward nearly averaged a triple-double in leading the nationally-ranked Hilltoppers to a pair of high-scoring wins in the season-opening Atlantic Region Crossover Tournament.
 
Woodward had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in West Liberty’s 114-91 victory against West Chester (Pa.) on Friday. He followed that up with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals as WLU held off Bluefield State, 112-110, on Saturday. Woodward averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals in the two games while shooting 13-for-21 (62 percent) from the floor and 8-for-10 (80 percent) from the foul line.