Fort Wayne’s Landis Tabbed For #SummitMBB Weekly Honor

1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Max Landis was named Summit League Player of the Week for his performance Jan. 11-17.

MAX LANDIS, FORT WAYNE
Sr. // G // Indianapolis, Ind.

Collected his third career Player of the Week award and second this season
Scored career-high and school Division I record 37 points in overtime road victory to hand Omaha its first league loss
Tied career-high and school D-I mark with nine made three-pointers while shooting 75 percent from beyond the arc against the Mavericks
Also added career-high six rebounds to go with four assists and three steals in win at UNO that pulled his team into first-place tie
His nine three-point field goals are a Summit League game high while his 37 points are second-most in an intraleague contest this season
Led team with 23 points at South Dakota State
Averaged 30.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from three-point range during the week

Also nominated: Nate Engesser, Denver; Marcellus Barksdale, IUPUI; Kory Brown, North Dakota State; Tra-Deon Hollins, Omaha; Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts

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; Dec. 14 – Deondre Parks, South Dakota State; Dec. 21 – Joe Reed, Fort Wayne; Dec. 28 – Max Landis, Fort Wayne; Jan. 4 – Devin Patterson, Omaha / Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts; Jan. 11 – Devin Patterson, Omaha

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