ST. LOUIS -- Missouri State guard Dez White (Jefferson City, Mo.) was named Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week on Monday after a stellar week on the court for the Bears.

A transfer from Austin Peay, the sophomore standout averaged 19.3 points per game for the week with games against Boston College, South Dakota State and Oral Roberts. He was also 50-percent (9-of-18) from 3-point range and made 90 percent of his free throws (17-of-19).

White's week included a game-high 25 points against the ACC's Boston College in a narrow Cayman Islands Classic semifinal loss. He followed that with a team-high 15 points vs. SDSU the next evening with four 3-pointers. White then opened December with a team-high 18 points in Sunday's win at Oral Roberts, knocking down four more triples and dishing out a game-high five assists in the Bears' first road win of the year.

White was MSU's representative on the Cayman Islands Classic All-Tournament Team.

He joins teammate Vincent Brady II (Nov. 18) as Missouri State's honorees on the exclusive MVC Newcomer of the Week list this season.

Missouri State is back home on Saturday at 7 p.m. to open Missouri Valley Conference play against defending champion Indiana State at Great Southern Bank Arena. Tickets are available at MissouriStateBears.com/tickets or through the Missouri State box office at Great Southern Bank Arena, (417) 836-7678, during regular box office hours. 

Saturday's game will include a Powerade drawstring bag giveaway and Powerade beverage giveaway!