Fort Wayne’s Konchar Named #SummitMBB Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Konchar Named #SummitMBB Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's John Konchar was named Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his performance Jan. 23-29.
JOHN KONCHAR, FORT WAYNE
So. // G // West Chicago, Ill.
- Collected his fourth career Player of the Week nod and second this season
- Averaged 16.0 points, 13.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 3.0 steals against just 2.0 turnovers per game in pair of wins
- Shot 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the field and 85.7 percent (6-of-7) from the free throw line during the week
- Scored 19 points with 13 rebounds, eight assists and five steals vs. IUPUI to become the first player, according to College Basketball Reference, to achieve that stat line since they began tracking single game box scores in 2010
- Recorded his league-best 12th double-double with a 13-point, 14-rebound effort while adding six assists against just one turnover in a road win at Oral Roberts
Also nominated: Joe Rosga, Denver; Ron Patterson, IUPUI; Dexter Werner, North Dakota State; Marcus Tyus, Omaha; Albert Owens, Oral Roberts; Matt Mooney, South Dakota; Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Dalan Ancrum, Western Illinois
Previous recipients: Nov. 14 – Trey Burch-Manning, South Dakota; Nov. 21 – Mo Evans, Fort Wayne; Nov. 28 – Bryson Scott, Fort Wayne; Dec. 5 – Tre'Shawn Thurman, Omaha; Dec. 12 – Dexter Werner, North Dakota State; Dec. 19 – Mike Daum, South Dakota State; Dec. 26 – John Konchar, Fort Wayne; Jan. 3 – Paul Miller, North Dakota State; Jan. 9 – Garret Covington, Western Illinois / Marcus Tyus, Omaha; Jan. 17 – Daniel Amigo, Denver; Jan. 23 – Paul Miller, North Dakota State
ABOUT SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Celebrating its 35th season 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 2015-16, The Summit League finished with an all-time best No. 12 RPI ranking, its fifth consecutive top-20 season, and set season standards for overall and mid-major winning percentage, road and power five victories. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships again posted record-setting attendance figures and finished eighth among all Division I men's basketball for average session attendance. This season's event returns to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 4-7, 2017. 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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