SDSU’s Parks Garners #SummitMBB Player of the Week
SDSU’s Parks Garners #SummitMBB Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State's Deondre Parks was named Summit League Player of the Week for his performance Dec. 7-13.
DEONDRE PARKS, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Sr. // G // Flint, Mich.
- Named Summit League Player of the Week for the first time in his career
- Poured in 21 points in SDSU's 84-70 win at Minnesota of the Big Ten, the program's first-ever victory at Minnesota
- The senior followed up that performance with a season- and game-high 23 points (9-of-14 shooting) in home win over UC Santa Barbara
- Shot a perfect 8-for-8 from the foul line, extending his streak to 34 consecutive free throws made dating back to Nov. 21
- For the week, averaged 22.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game
Also nominated: Nate Engesser, Denver; Max Landis, Fort Wayne; Darell Combs, IUPUI; Khy Kabellis, North Dakota State; Devin Patterson, Omaha; Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts; Tre Burnette, South Dakota; Garret Covington, Western Illinois
Previous recipients: Nov. 16 – Garret Covington, Western Illinois; Nov. 23 – Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts / J.C. Fuller, Western Illinois; Nov. 30 – Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts; Dec. 7 – Devin Patterson, Omaha / Eric Robertson, South Dakota
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League features men's basketball teams from nine member institutions: Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois. In 2014-15, The Summit League completed its fourth straight season with both a top-20 league RPI finish and a league-record four teams in national postseason tournaments. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships further established itself as one of the nation's top tournaments by smashing league attendance figures in five-of-six categories, including total attendance by an astounding 33 percent, at the new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. This season's tournament returns to the venue March 5-8, 2016. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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