Fort Wayne’s Landis Tabbed #SummitMBB Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Landis Tabbed #SummitMBB Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. –Fort Wayne's Max Landis was named Summit League Player of the Week for his performance Jan. 25-31.
MAX LANDIS, FORT WAYNE
Sr. // G // Indianapolis, Ind.
- Collected his league-best third honor of the season and fourth of his career
- Averaged 23.5 points and 5.5 assists in pair of wins that kept Mastodons atop league standings
- Had game highs with 28 points and five assists in comeback victory at Oral Roberts
- Led all players with 19 points and six assists in win vs. Western Illinois
- Converted 11-of-12 free throw attempts (91.7 percent) and had just two turnovers during week
Also nominated: Marcus Byrd, Denver; Matt O'Leary, IUPUI; Paul Miller, North Dakota State; Jake White, Omaha; Obi Emegano, Oral Roberts; George Marshall, South Dakota State
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; Jan. 19 – Max Landis, Fort Wayne; Jan. 26 – Mike Daum, South Dakota State / John Konchar, Fort Wayne
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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. Already in 2015-16, The Summit League set records for highest RPI rating, peaking at No. 8 in December, and for overall, Division I, mid-major and power five victories. 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 last season, 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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