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Weekly Awards: No. 18 Northern Iowa’s Seth Tuttle shines in win over Wichita State

Seth Tuttle, Davante Drinkard

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Seth Tuttle

Seth Tuttle (AP Photo)

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Seth Tuttle, Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa became the first team in nearly two years to hand Wichita State a loss in Missouri Valley play, beating the Shockers 70-54 on Saturday afternoon in Cedar Falls. Seth Tuttle was the star for Ben Jacobson’s club, finishing with 29 points on 9-for-13 shooting as he continually beat slower Shocker big men off the dribble. Tuttle also scored 13 points in a win at Southern Illinois earlier in the week.

Tuttle is the best player on the Panthers, and if they end up winning the MVC regular season title, he’ll have a very strong argument for being the league’s Player of the Year over the likes of Ron Baker and Fred Van Vleet. The question now is whether or not UNI is the favorite to win the league. Saturday was quite the statement, but UNI has already lost a game in the MVC and still has to go to Wichita this season. Beating Wichita State at home in the biggest game of the year in the league is one thing. Winning on the road with the league title on the line is another.

THE ALL ‘THEY WERE GOOD, TOO’ TEAM


  • Sterling Gibbs, Seton Hall: Seton Hall bounced back from three straight losses to beat Marquette and Xavier this week. Gibbs averaged 23.0 points and 9.0 assists in the two games.
  • Dorian Finney-Smith, Florida: Finney-Smith finished with 16 points, nine boards and four assists as Florida picked up a critical win over Arkansas on Saturday, which followed his game-winning poster in a win at Alabama during the week.
  • Jared Terrell, Rhode Island: The Rams landed two key wins in the Atlantic 10 race this week, and Terrell was the star. He had 18 at Fordham and followed that up with 17 as URI beat George Washington.
  • Ty Greene, USC-Upstate: Greene scored 61 points in a pair of road wins for the Spartans. He had 39 points at North Florida.
  • Ryan Spangler, Oklahoma: The Sooners moved above .500 in the Big 12 with a pair of wins this week, including a road win against Oklahoma State. Spangler had 13 points, nine boards and six assists against the Pokes.
  • Notables: Derrick Marks (Boise State), Montrezl Harrell (Louisville)

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Richmond Spiders

Richmond landed a massive win over the weekend, as they went into the Siegel Center and knocked off their arch rival, VCU, 64-55. Kendall Anthony had 22 points in the win, which followed a 22-point win over Duquesne. The Spiders are not yet in the mix for an at-large berth, but the two wins this week did move them into a tie with four other teams with three losses in A-10 play, just two games behind VCU.

THEY WERE GOOD, TOO


  • Ohio State: The Buckeyes followed up a win over Indiana last weekend by blowing out Maryland at home on Thursday night. Thad Matta’s club looks like they may be the second-best team in the Big Ten right now.
  • UCLA: Is UCLA’s season finally on the right track? The Bruins swept the Mountain schools at home this weekend, blowing out Utah and knocking off Colorado.
  • Purdue: The Boilermakers are now 6-3 in the Big Ten thanks to wins over Indiana and at Northwestern.
  • Texas A&M: The Aggies have now won six straight games in the SEC after beating both Auburn and Vanderbilt this week. A&M is all alone in second place in the conference, two games behind Kentucky.
  • Louisville: The Cardinals won a pair of games this week, knocking off Boston College on the road and following that up with a come-from-behind, overtime win overtime win against North Carolina. The Cards erased an 18-point second half deficit.
  • Notables: SMU, Louisiana Tech