MUNCIE, Ind. -- After leading the Ball State men's basketball team to wins over Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, senior point guard Tayler Persons was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week.
Persons averaged 22 points and four assists while shooting better than 57 percent from the floor and nearly 54 percent from 3-point range for the week.
The Kokomo, Indiana, native matched his season high with 29 points in Tuesday's 72-71 victory at Northern Illinois. He tied his career best with six 3-pointers, hitting six of the first seven he attempted, and made five critical free throws in the final minute, including the game-winner with 1.