SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Oral Roberts junior Kevin Obanor garnered his league-leading third #SummitMBB Player of the Week honor this season, league officials announced Monday.

Obanor put together back-to-back double-doubles in a weekend split at North Dakota State where he averaged league-highs in scoring (24.5/g) and rebounding (14.0/g). He also added three assists in each contest and shot 50 percent from the floor (19-for-38) and 44 percent from 3-point range (7-for-16).

In Friday’s 61-54 loss to the Bison, Obanor accounted for nearly half of his team’s points, going 10-for-19 from the floor, including a 5-for-7 clip from beyond the arc to finish with a game-high 26. He added 11 rebounds, a block and a steal.

In Saturday’s 80-74 victory, Obanor logged 23 points and 17 rebounds on 9-of-19 shooting from the floor. The Houston native’s 17 rebounds were one shy of his league single-game high set earlier in the season vs. North Dakota.

The double-double in the finale was the ninth of the season for Obanor who shares the league-lead in that category with South Dakota State’s Baylor Scheierman, who added one to his total during a weekend split with South Dakota.

Obanor now has six 20-plus point scoring games in league play to go along with a league-high six double-doubles in 10 league contests.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts
Jr. | F | Houston, Texas

• Averaged 24.5 ppg, 14.0 rpg and 3.0 apg in a weekend split with North Dakota State
• Registered league-best sixth double-double in conference action and is tied for seventh nationally with nine on the season
• Reached 20-plus points in both contests to bring his season total in that category to seven
• This is the third Summit League weekly honor for Obanor this season and fourth of his career

Also nominated: Ayo Akinwole, Omaha; Will Carius, Western Illinois; Tyree Ihenacho, North Dakota; Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State; Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State;  Jase Townsend, Denver; Stanley Umude, South Dakota.
 
2020-21 Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
November 30
Marlon Ruffin, Omaha
December 7
Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State
December 14
Stanley Umude, South Dakota
December 21
Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts
December 28
Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State
January 4
Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts
January 11
Rocky Kreuser, North Dakota State
January 18
Jase Townsend, Denver
January 25
Brandon McKissic, Kansas City
February 1
Stanley Umude, South Dakota
February 8
Kevin Obanor, Oral Roberts

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