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Reaching the Summit Men’s Players of the Week

Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Men’s Players of the Week

Senior: Brandon McKissic played 79 minutes in two games against Oral Roberts over the weekend and extended his double-digit scoring streak to 11 games. The Kansas City senior finished with 20 points, four rebounds, and three assists in Saturday’s 60-58 loss to ORU on the road. McKissic followed that stat line up with a 24-point performance on Sunday as the Roos outlasted ORU 81-76. McKissic went 10-of-13 from the floor in 39 minutes that included two 3-pointers. His 24-point performance tied his Nov. 30 season-high point total. The Ferguson, Mo., native is sixth in the Summit League with 16.8 points per game.

Past winners

Week 1 Matt Pile, Omaha

Week 2 Stanley Umude, South Dakota

Week 3 Will Carius, Western Illinois

Week 4 Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State

Week 5 Stanley Umude, South Dakota

Week 6 Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State

Week 7 Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State

Junior: This week’s Junior of the Week gets the award because of his all-around game and efficiency. In a sweep of Denver this week, Tyree Eady did a little bit of everything as Summit fans are accustomed to seeing from him. Eady averaged 12.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. Not to mention Eady spent a large portion of the second game guarding Denver’s top weapon in Jase Townsend.

Week 1 Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts

Week 2 Alex Arians, South Dakota State

Week 3 Wanyang Tut, Omaha

Week 4 Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts

Week 5 Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts

Week 6 Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts

Week 7 Jase Townsend, Denver

Sophomore: The Sophomore of the week may not yet be a household name for Summit League fans, but if this weekend was any indication that is about to change. Tasos Kamateros is this week’s freshmen of the week.  Friday night’s game was impressive enough with Kamateros scoring 15 points but then he backed that up with 21 points in game 2. Kamateros did this while shooting 63% from the field for the weekend.

Past Winners

Week 1 Max Abmas, Oral Roberts

Week 2 Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State

Week 3 Max Abmas, Oral Roberts

Week 4 Jarius Cook, North Dakota State

Week 5 A.J. Plitzuweit, South Dakota

Week 6 A.J. Plitzuweit, South Dakota

Week 7 Max Abmas, Oral Roberts

Freshmen: Tyree Ihenacho; North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks may have been swept by South Dakota State last weekend, but it was not because of Tyree Ihenacho’s effort. The freshman poured in 17 points, grabbed three rebounds, and handed out five assists’ in Saturday’s 85-74 loss. Ihenacho went 6-10 from the field in the defeat. Ihenacho had a good start to the series on Friday, finishing with 14 points and eight rebounds. He also had five assists in the 92-73 loss.

Past Winners

Week 1 Tyree Ihenacho, North Dakota

Week 2 Tyree Ihenacho, North Dakota

Week 3 Sam Hines Jr, Denver

Week 4 Grant Nelson, North Dakota State

Week 5 La’Mel Robinson, Omaha

Week 6 Grant Nelson, North Dakota State

Week 7 Sam Hines Jr, Denver

Bench: A starting spot can be gained just like it is lost and I am sure that is what Caleb Nero is hoping for. The sophomore guard started most of the season before losing his starting spot in the North Dakota State series. This weekend series seemed to prove one of two things, Nero wants his starting spot back or is embracing the role of instant offense off the bench. Nero averaged 13 points of the bench this weekend against the Summit’s top team and shot an impressive 4-9 from behind the arc.

Past Winners

Week 1 Marlon Ruffin, Omaha

Week 2 Sam Hines, Denver

Week 3 Gertautas Urbonavicius, North Dakota

Week 4 Gertautas Urbonavicius, North Dakota

Week 5 Mitchell Sueker, North Dakota

Week 6 Adam Anhold, Western Illinois

Week 7 Eric Moenkhaus, Denver and Mitchell Sueker, North Dakota

Defense: The MBB defense of the week goes to league leader Kansas City. The Roos who give up an average of just over 61 points earned a weekend split with ORU. In their win, they created 18 turnovers and it seems to become true proof that they rely heavily on their defensive play to help them win games.

Past winners

Week 1 North Dakota State

Week 2 North Dakota

Week 3 Western Illinois

Week 4 Denver

Week 5 Kansas City

Week 6 Kansas City

Week 7 Kansas City

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