SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Kansas City’s Evan Gilyard II claimed the latest TicketSmarter #SummitMBB Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday. Gilyard averaged 26.0 ppg and 6.5 apg as the Roos moved to 11-5 in league play with road wins at North Dakota and North Dakota State.

Gilyard opened the week with a 19-point, six-assist performance in an 80-65 win over the Fighting Hawks. He scored 11 of those points in the final 12 minutes after UND had trimmed what was a 19-point halftime deficit down to seven.

The Chicago native was even better in the Roos’ 85-71 victory over NDSU that kept them in the hunt for the No. 2 seed at the #SummitMBB Basketball Tournament. Gilyard equaled his career-high with 33 points against the Bison and added seven assists.

Gilyard’s layup with 4:45 to play gave Kansas City the lead for good at 66-65 and would total 10 points during the closing stretch to make the Roos winners of six of their last seven. He finished 10-for-16 from the field and 5-for-7 from deep against NDSU.

All five of Gilyard’s 30-point games this season have come in KC wins, which makes him one of two players in Division I that can make that claim.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Evan Gilyard II, Kansas City
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• Averaged 26.0 ppg and 6.5 apg in a pair of road wins last week
• Equaled his career-high with 33 points in win at NDSU, making 5-of-7 from beyond the arc and scoring 10 points in the final five minutes
• Dished out six assists vs. UND and seven vs. NDSU to give him three straight games with at least six helpers
• This is the second Summit League weekly honor of the season for Gilyard

Also nominated: Mason Archambault, South Dakota; Frankie Fidler, Omaha; Paul Bruns, North Dakota; Sam Griesel, North Dakota State; Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State; KJ Hunt, Denver; Isaac McBride, Oral Roberts.
 
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

January 10
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts

January 17
Trenton Massner, Western Illinois

January 24
Tevin Smith, Denver

January 31
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts

February 7
Marvin Nesbitt, Jr., Kansas City
Baylor Scheierman, South Dakota State

February 14
Sam Griesel, North Dakota State

February 21
Evan Gilyard II, Kansas City

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