ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Drake University senior Reed Timmer (New Berlin, Wis.) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday, Jan. 8.
Timmer led Drake to a pair of MVC wins last week by averaging 23.0 points per game on the week while shooting 58.3 percent from the floor (14-of-24) and 53.3 percent from the three-point arc (8-of-15). He was also a perfect 10-of-10 at the free-throw line.
The senior guard opened the week by scoring 28 points with six three-pointers, on 11 attempts, and added four assists in the 25-point win over Illinois State for his eighth 20-point game of the season.