Mid-Main Insanity has chosen Drake guard/ahead Tucker DeVries because the Males’s Mid-Main Participant of the Week for the week of Jan. 8-14. With the Bulldogs off to a 14-3 begin, he led a pair of bounce again wins to push a 5-1 document within the Missouri Valley Convention.
After incomes the 2022-23 MVC Participant of the 12 months award, DeVries, the son of Drake head coach Darian DeVries, is having a career-best marketing campaign averaging 20.4 PPG, 6.2 RPG, and three.7 APG.
With a loss on Jan. 7 towards Belmont for the Bulldogs first in-conference defeat, DeVries returned on Jan. 10 and managed an 89-78 upset of MVC leaders Indiana State. DeVries’ 29 factors have been a recreation excessive, including six rebounds and 4 assists as he tied his profession greatest for made 3s, going 6 for 10 from behind the arc.
On Jan. 13, DeVries put collectively one other game-high efficiency dropping 34 factors, seven boards, two assists, and two steals to knock off 12-5 Southern Illinois on the highway. The competition marked DeVries fifth profession scoring tally over 30 factors and his third this season alone, capturing 12 for 20 from the sphere to finish the 76-58 victory.
For his consecutive efforts in main Drake to a pair of wins, DeVries was honored along with his second MVC Participant of the Week number of the 2023-24 season.
Honorable Mentions:
Vonterius Woolbright (Western Carolina) – For his second profession triple-double and the fifth in Catamount historical past, Woolbright led a win over ETSU with 20 factors, 13 boards, and 10 assists, later managing a double-double of 14 factors and 15 rebounds to down Mercer.
Keenon Cole (Lindenwood) – Within the Lions first win of OVC play, Cole scored a career-high 42 factors – essentially the most by a participant in D1 this season – including 11 rebounds to finish the double-double and defeat SEMO earlier than notching 20 factors regardless of a loss to Tennessee Tech.
Jordan Johnson (New Orleans) – Averaging 38.0 PPG to guide the Privateers to back-to-back wins, Johnson contributed 36 factors and 6 assists together with the go-ahead basket towards Texas A&M-Commerce adopted by 40 factors and 7 boards over Texas A&M-CC.