Frank Gaines Named Summit League Co-Player of the Week
By: Randy Ziemnik
Updated: February 4, 2013
ELMHURST, Ill. - IPFW senior guard Frank Gaines has been named
the Summit League Co-Player of the Week announced by the league office on
Monday morning.
Gaines, who scored
a career-high-tying 32 points in the team's loss to Omaha, earns his second
career Player of the Week honor. He also pulled down a season-high nine
rebounds, making 11-of-19 shots from the field, and 10-of-12 from the charity
stripe. His 11 field goals made are a new career-best, as the senior climbed
into 25th in Summit League history in points, and 10th in free throws made.
For the season,
Gaines averages 19.0 points per game, including a pair of 32-point games, and
nine total games over 20 points. He has hit at least 10 free throws in a game
five times this season, and is 142-of-186 on free throws for the year. He also
averages 4.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game on the year.
Gaines shares the
honor with Oakland's Drew Valentine who scored 14 points and pulled down 16
rebounds, also against Omaha.
The Mastodons
return to action on February 7, when the squad hosts South Dakota State in a 7
p.m. tip-off at the Memorial Coliseum.
