Oakland's Erik Kangas Named Summit League Player of the Week

1/19/2009 12:00:00 AM

Erik Kangas, Oakland

Sr., G, 6-3

DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oakland's Erik Kangas earned The Summit League Player of the Week award after a career-high 39-point outburst that included 8-for-13 shooting from behind the arc in a road victory Saturday at IPFW.

The senior's point total was the highest in a Summit League game this season. Kangas also added four assists in the Golden Grizzlies' five-point victory over the Mastodons. His eight treys in the game tied a career-best and accounted for the second-highest total in Oakland history, just one off the school mark. Kangas moved into eighth all-time on the Summit League's three-pointer list.

Also nominated: Chase Adams, Centenary; Dane Brumagin, UMKC; Ben Woodside, North Dakota State; Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts; Clint Sargent, South Dakota State; John Clifford, Southern Utah; Ceola Clark, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Nov. 17 – David DuBois, Western Illinois; Nov. 24 – Johnathon Jones, Oakland; Dec. 1 – Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts; Dec. 8 – Brett Winkelman, North Dakota State; Dec. 15 – Ben Woodside, North Dakota State; Dec. 22 – Spencer Johnson, UMKC; Dec. 29 – Dane Brumagin, UMKC; Jan. 5 – David Carson, IPFW; Jan. 12 – Tyler Quinney, Southern Utah.

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