Erik Kangas Claims Second Straight Summit League Player of the Week Award
Erik
Kangas, Oakland
Sr.,
G, 6-3
DeWitt,
Mich./DeWitt HS
ELMHURST,
Ill. – Oakland's Erik Kangas claimed his second consecutive
Summit League Player of the Week award after averaging 30 points
per game and 7.5 three-pointers per contest in a pair of victories.
Kangas is the first player to earn back-to-back accolades since the
2004-05 season (Oral Roberts' Caleb Green, Feb. 14-21).
For
the week, Kangas shot a blistering 65 percent (15-for-23) from
beyond the arc and set Oakland's school record for career treys
while moving into fifth place on The Summit League's all-time
list.
Kangas
connected on 8-of-11 three-point attempts Thursday against IUPUI in
an 11-for-15 shooting performance that netted him 33 points on the
night. In his next outing, Kangas collected 27 points and a
career-high four steals while hitting 7-of-12 long-range attempts
and 9-of-17 from the floor.
In
three games over the past two weeks, Kangas is averaging 33.0
points per game to go along with 64 percent (23-of-36) three-point
shooting.
Also
nominated: Nick Stallings, Centenary; Ben Botts, IPFW; Gary
Patterson, IUPUI; James Humphrey, UMKC; Ben Woodside, North Dakota
State; Marcus Lewis, Oral Roberts; Tyler Quinney, Southern
Utah.
