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(STATS) -- Arkansas-Pine Bluff quarterback Brandon Duncan clearly saves his best games for the toughest opponents.His best performance in a part-time role last season came against SWAC West Division champion Grambling State.Thursday night, Duncan surpassed it. With a national television spotlight, he tore apart Alcorn State, the reigning East Division and overall conference champion, in a surprising UAPB victory.Duncan, Sam Houston States P.J. Hall, Tennessee Techs Dontez Byrd and Duquesnes A.J. Hines have been named the STATS FCS National Players of the Week for games played Sept. 15-17.---=OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK=Brandon Duncan, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, QB, R-So., 6-3, 210, Roosevelt, New YorkAlcorn State ranked second in the FCS in passing yards allowed and completed less than 46 percent of his passes last season, but Duncan stunned the reigning SWAC champion by throwing for 505 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-43, triple-overtime upset. Despite facing great pressure, he completed 29 of 52 attempts for the FCS season high in passing yards. He threw for a two-point conversion in the final minute of the fourth quarter to force overtime. After Alcorn State went ahead 43-37 on its possession of the third overtime, Duncan tied the score with a 25-yard pass to Willie Young and won it by completing a two-point conversion to John Hawkins on a slant route.Honorable Mention: Marcus Bagley, RB, Saint Francis; Case Cookus, QB, Northern Arizona; Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks, RB, Albany; Eli Jenkins, QB, Jacksonville State; Kyle Moreno, QB, Brown; Joe Protheroe, RB, Cal Poly; Nick Shafnisky, QB, Lehigh---=DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK=P.J. Hall, Sam Houston State, DE, Jr., 6-1, 280, Seguin, TexasBeast-mode isnt just for running backs; the STATS FCS All-American goes into it on a weekly basis. He camped out in the Lamar backfield as Sam Houston built a big lead in the first half and beat Lamar 44-31 in the Southland Conference. He recorded nine tackles, including 4 1/2 for loss, broke up two passes and provided the pressure on Lamar quarterback Andrew Allen that resulted in an intentional grounding in the end zone for a safety. Running back Kade Harrington, the co-national offensive player of the week in Lamars win over Sam Houston last season, was limited to 76 yards on 25 carries. Hall raised his school record for tackles for loss to 57 1/2.Honorable Mention: Darius Jackson, DE, Jacksonville State; Zach Jackson, FS, Mercer; Christian Kuntz, LB, Duquesne; Darius Leonard, LB, South Carolina State; Nakevion Leslie, LB, Chattanooga; Trent Williams, LB, Colgate; Miquiyah Zamora, DE, Eastern Washington---=SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK=Dontez Byrd, Tennessee Tech, RS/WR, R-Jr., 5-11, 180, Louisville, KentuckyByrd didnt wait to get started on a big game against Mercer. He took the opening kickoff and returned it 100 yards for the longest play in Tennessee Tech history. The first-year transfer from Louisville returned three other kickoffs and finished with 183 return yards. He added six receptions for 41 yards and had a 3-yard carry for 227 all-purpose yards in a game the Golden Eagles led after three quarters but lost 34-27. His 100-yard kickoff return was the longest of the season in the FCS and the 13th all-time in the Ohio Valley Conference.Honorable Mention: Kyle Bowling, LB, Houston Baptist; Kevin Lazo, DL, Bryant; Zach Mays, PK, Cornell; Cam Pedersen, PK, North Dakota State; DeAndre Schoultz, PR, The Citadel; Sean Smith, P, Dayton---=FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK=A.J. Hines, Duquesne, RB, Fr., 5-11, 220, Wilson, North CarolinaThe defending Northeast Conference champion Dukes had a hole to fill at running back and theyve filled it with a true freshman. Hines was a workhorse in their 34-20 win over Dayton, which avenged a loss from last season. He carried the ball 29 times for 189 yards -- the most by a Dukes freshman in seven years -- and two touchdowns. Adept at picking up yards in bunches, he scored on a 10-yard run in the second quarter and a 37-yard run in the fourth quarter, giving him five touchdowns on the young season. Hes been named NEC rookie of the week in two of the seasons first three weeks.Honorable Mention: Albert Funderburke, RB, William & Mary; Earl Harrison, RB, Tennessee State; Sully Laiche, LB, Nicholls; Jimmy Seewall, QB, Valparaiso Air Force 1 Store . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. 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Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. As the United States mens Olympic basketball team has struggled by its own lofty standards in Rio de Janeiro, former NBA player and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley said the teams woes are rooted in the construction of its roster.?Its not a good team to put together, Barkley, 53, told?Sports360AZ.com.?If you take away?DeAndre Jordan, every guy on that team is a ball-dominant guy. You see them playing a lot of one-on-one basketball.Thats the thing Ive noticed more than anything. Like, you have to understand when you put a team together like that, you have to have some role players.Barkley, who played on the 1992 Dream Team and also won gold in 1996, said Team USA is too reliant on isolation scorers and could benefit from the addition of more role players.?You take a guy like Kyle Lowry, who is a hell of a player, he wants to score.?Kyrie [Irving]?wants to score.?Kevin [Durant]?wants to score.?DeMar [DeRozan]?wants to score. So, I think they have been really stagnant offensively.When they pput that team together in the future, they have to realize we cant have just really, really great offensive players.dddddddddddd They gotta have players that if they dont get a shot, theyre not just gonna stand around and mope.While the U.S. is the only undefeated team left in the tournament at 5-0, its victories against Australia, Serbia and France in the previous three games have come by a mere 16 points combined.?Team USA faces Argentina on Wednesday in the quarterfinals, a rematch of last months exhibition in Las Vegas. While the Americans throttled Argentina by 37 points in that July 18 tuneup, their road to the gold-medal game will force them to see off the most seasoned competition they could have drawn just for the chance to play for the championship in coach Mike Krzyzewskis farewell tournament.Information from ESPNs Marc Stein was used in this report.? ' ' '