IUPUI's Patterson Named Player of the Week
Gary
Patterson, IUPUI
Jr.,
G, 5-10,
East Chicago, Ind./Purdue
(Bishop Noll HS)
Patterson
earns Player of the Week honors after averaging 27.0 points on 66
percent shooting and 4.0 assists in a pair of wins last week. The
junior opened the week with a career-high 37 points, including 11
three-pointers, vs. Southern Utah in just 26 minutes of action. His
11 treys made are the most by a Division I player this season and
an IUPUI Division I single-game record. He followed that up with 17
points and six assists in a rout of UMKC. For the week, Patterson
shot a blazing 66 percent from three-point range and had eight
assists and no turnovers.
Also
nominated: Tyrone Hamilton, Centenary; Demetrius Johnson, IPFW;
Erik Kangas, Oakland; Yemi Ogunoye, Oral Roberts; Tyler Quinney,
Southern Utah; Jerryck Owens-Murrey, Western
Illinois.
Previous
winners: Jan. 28 - George Hill, IUPUI, and Robert Jarvis, Oral
Roberts; Jan. 21 - Jaraun Burrows, IPFW; Jan. 14 - Shawn King, Oral
Roberts; Jan. 7 - George Hill, IUPUI; Jan. 2 - Tate Sorensen,
Southern Utah; Dec. 26 - Derick Nelson, Oakland; Dec. 17 - Brett
Winkelman, North Dakota State; Dec. 10 - Demetrius Johnson, IPFW;
Dec. 3 - George Hill, IUPUI; Nov. 26 - Ben Woodside, North Dakota
State; Nov. 19 - Nick Stallings, Centenary; Nov. 12 - Jeremiah
Hartsock, UMKC.
