SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Oral Roberts guard Max Abmas earned the latest TicketSmarter #SummitMBB Player of the Week award, league officials announced Monday. The Golden Eagle junior scored 20-plus points in both of ORU’s home wins in league play last week.
Abmas, who now has a league-best eight 20-plus contests, scored 24 in an 83-66 victory over Denver, then added 20 in just 22 minutes in a 107-62 rout of Omaha. He had double digits by halftime in both contests and pushed his league-leading scoring average to 21.2 ppg.
He finished the two games shooting 16-for-31 from the field and added seven assists. Against Omaha, he had four of those assists and tallied a career-high five steals on the defensive end.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Jr. | G | Rockwall, Texas
- Posted a pair of 20-plus point scoring games in home wins over Denver (24) and Omaha (20)
- Made at least three 3-pointers in both contests and has now done that in 11 of 14 games this year
- Notched a career-high five steals and added four assists in win over Omaha
- This is the first Summit League weekly honor for Abmas this season and third of his career
Also nominated: Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State; Tevin Smith, Denver; Sam Griesel, North Dakota State.
2021-22 Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
November 15
Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State
November 22
Evan Gilyard II, Kansas City
November 29
Noah Freidel, South Dakota State
December 6
Colton Sandage, Western Illinois
December 13
Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State
December 20
Francis Lacis, Oral Roberts
December 27
Trenton Massner, Western Illinois
January 3
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
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