ELMHURST, Ill. - North Dakota State forward Eric Carlson was named Summit League men's basketball co-Player of the Week by the league office on Monday, Jan. 31.
Carlson, a 6-foot-6 junior from Shakopee, Minn., averaged 25.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in a pair of home wins as the Bison improved to 11-10 overall and 5-6 in the league. He scored 19 points in the 87-75 win over Southern Utah had career highs of 32 points and 12 rebounds in the 89-88 double-overtime win against UMKC.
Carlson had 17 points in the first half against UMKC to lead the Bison to a four-point halftime lead. He grabbed a season-high five offensive rebounds in the game, including a key putback with seven seconds left in the second OT that broke an 85-85 tie.
Carlson assisted Michael Tveidt's game-winning layup with 1.7 seconds left with a lob pass of a sideline inbounds play. He had three assists and two steals in the game.
Carlson is the first NDSU player to score 30 points in a single game since Ben Woodside scored a tournament-high 37 points against Kansas in the first round of the 2009 NCAA tournament. He has scored in double figures three straight games after being limited to single digits in six of the previous seven contests.
He shared the award with IPFW guard Frank Gaines, who came off the bench to get 19 points and seven rebounds in a win over Centenary and followed with 19 points and four blocks in a win over Oral Roberts. Gaines shot 70.6 percent from the floor and was 11-for-11 from the foul line.
North Dakota State is scheduled to play four of its next six games on the road beginning at Centenary on Thursday, Feb. 3, and Oral Roberts on Saturday, Feb. 5.
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