Santos Turns into Third UT Martin Males’s Hoops Consultant To Win OVC Freshman Of The Week Accolades In 2025-26
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For simply the second time in College of Tennessee at Martin males’s basketball historical past, three separate Skyhawks have been named an Ohio Valley Convention Freshman of the Week in the identical season as Pedro Santos earned that recognition immediately.
Santos is just the 15th participant at school historical past to obtain an OVC Freshman of the Week award, becoming a member of teammates Matas Deniusas (10 instances) and Damien King (eleven) as fellow UT Martin winners in 2025-26. That group joins the 2010-11 Skyhawks as the one squad in program historical past to provide three totally different OVC Freshmen of the Week (Mike Liabo, Troy King, Terence Smith) in the identical season.
A 6-7, 200-pound guard, Santos helped UT Martin preserve its lead atop the OVC standings this week with a grueling street cut up. He averaged 12.0 factors, 4.0 steals, 3.0 rebounds and a couple of.0 assists per outing with capturing splits of .500/.400/1.000.
Throughout Saturday’s win at SIUE, Santos collected 15 factors, three steals, three rebounds in 27 minutes. The Porto, Portugal native additionally pieced collectively 9 factors, a career-best 5 steals, three rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes within the Skyhawks’ slender one-point setback on Thursday at Lindenwood.
Santos ranks fifth within the OVC in steals (1.88 per contest) in league play whereas his 1.64 steals per outing total ranks eighth within the convention. He has reached double figures within the scoring column eight instances within the final 17 video games and owns 13 multi-steal performances in 2025-26.
UT Martin has a busy week forward with a pair of midweek matchups, starting with a house tilt tomorrow towards Southeast Missouri. Tipoff time from the Kathleen and Tom Elam Middle is scheduled for 7:30 pm
Santos is just the 15th participant at school historical past to obtain an OVC Freshman of the Week award, becoming a member of teammates Matas Deniusas (10 instances) and Damien King (eleven) as fellow UT Martin winners in 2025-26. That group joins the 2010-11 Skyhawks as the one squad in program historical past to provide three totally different OVC Freshmen of the Week (Mike Liabo, Troy King, Terence Smith) in the identical season.
A 6-7, 200-pound guard, Santos helped UT Martin preserve its lead atop the OVC standings this week with a grueling street cut up. He averaged 12.0 factors, 4.0 steals, 3.0 rebounds and a couple of.0 assists per outing with capturing splits of .500/.400/1.000.
Throughout Saturday’s win at SIUE, Santos collected 15 factors, three steals, three rebounds in 27 minutes. The Porto, Portugal native additionally pieced collectively 9 factors, a career-best 5 steals, three rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes within the Skyhawks’ slender one-point setback on Thursday at Lindenwood.
Santos ranks fifth within the OVC in steals (1.88 per contest) in league play whereas his 1.64 steals per outing total ranks eighth within the convention. He has reached double figures within the scoring column eight instances within the final 17 video games and owns 13 multi-steal performances in 2025-26.
UT Martin has a busy week forward with a pair of midweek matchups, starting with a house tilt tomorrow towards Southeast Missouri. Tipoff time from the Kathleen and Tom Elam Middle is scheduled for 7:30 pm
