WHITEFISH, Mont. –In only his second full week with the program, University of Providence men's basketball player Brendan Howard was named the Erck Hotels Frontier Conference Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.

Howard, who transferred to the team at semester from North Dakota, averaged 27.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game last week for the Argos (10-8, 2-4), as the team fell to #6 Carroll College on Thursday before defeating Rocky Mountain College on Saturday.

"He had an outstanding week," head coach Steve Keller said. "We got him in some good situations and his teammates got him the ball when he was open. He's a very capable scorer so we need to take advantage of that and I thought we did that this weekend."

In three games this season, Howard is averaging 23.5 points and seven rebounds a game while shooting 50% from the field.

Keller was pleased with the chemistry between him and senior guard Marcus Stephens, who has been named the Player of the Week three times this season. The duo both scored over 30 points on Saturday in the win over the Battlin' Bears.

"Both our guys played phenomenal," Keller said. "It's a credit to the team that he fits in so easily. The more practice and games we get to play the better that we're going to be."

Howard and the Argos will return to the court on Thursday, Jan. 20 with a 7:00 p.m. road matchup against MSU-Northern.