North Dakota State's Felt Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - North Dakota State's Mike Felt was named Summit
League Player of the Week for his performance during the week of
Jan. 3-9.
Mike Felt, North Dakota State
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Redwood Falls, Minn./Redwood Valley
Felt earned his first career award after coming off the bench to
score 43 points in 42 minutes in a pair of North Dakota State
victories. Against Oral Roberts, Felt scored 22 points on 4-of-6
shooting from three-point range and tied a school record with
10-of-10 shooting from the free throw line, where he converted
eight attempts in the final 65 seconds of a six-point victory. Felt
scored eight consecutive points in the second half against ORU to
help the Bison pull away after trailing 52-51. Two nights later
against Centenary, Felt totaled 21 points, all on threes,
connecting on 7-of-11 attempts from beyond the arc to tie the NDSU
record for three-pointers in a game. He also added an assist and a
steal in the victory. In the two NDSU wins, Felt averaged 21.5
points and converted 11-of-17 three-point attempts and all 10 free
throws after entering the week averaging 3.5 points per game and
having made 9-of-20 threes and 3-of-6 free throw in 97 season
minutes.
Other Nominees: Jeremy Mixon, IPFW; Alex Young, IUPUI; Jay
Couisnard, UMKC; Reggie Hamilton, Oakland; Ken Holdman, Oral
Roberts; Nate Wolters, South Dakota State; Matt Massey, Southern
Utah; Kaimarr Price, Western Illinois.
Previous Winners: Nov. 15 - Michael Tveidt, North Dakota
State/Nate Wolters, South Dakota State; Nov. 22 - Jay Couisnard,
UMKC; Nov. 29 - Keith Benson, Oakland; Dec. 6 - Dominique Morrison,
Oral Roberts; Dec. 13 - Alex Young, IUPUI; Dec. 20 - Keith Benson,
Oakland; Dec. 27 - Nate Wolters, South Dakota State; Jan. 3 - Ben
Botts, IPFW.
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