NDSU's Braun Earns Summit League Player of the Week Award

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State’s Taylor Braun and Fort Wayne’s Pierre Bland were named as The Summit League’s Men’s Basketball Players of the Week following their performances Jan. 21-26.

Braun garnered his sixth career award and fourth this season after a 30-point performance in a road victory at South Dakota State on Jan. 25. Along with his 30 points, Braun added six rebounds and six assists in the game. He converted 60 percent (9-of-15) of his field goal attempts and 83.3 percent (10-of-12) from the free throw line. Braun made his final six field goal attempts over a nine-minute second half stretch to help the Bison pull away for the 85-77 road victory.

Braun is the only player in The Summit League this season to earn the league’s weekly award in back-to-back weeks. His six career Summit League Player of the Week awards are the most in NDSU history.

Bland received his first career honor after narrowly missing a triple-double in a Summit League win over IUPUI. He scored 16 points, pulled down nine rebounds and dished out eight assists while adding three steals and committing just one turnover in the contest.

Shabazz Napier (UConn), Stephen Madison (Idaho) and Braun are the only players in NCAA Division I this season to lead their respective teams in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.