Kings Conquering the MVC & OVC

Fred & Tyler Taking Center Stage

(Peoria, IL) – Fred and Tyler are the kings conquering the MVC & OVC. Murray State’s Fred King and Southern Illinois Edwardsville’s Tyler King are receiving the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conferences’ highest honors this week.

Each King came up big for their individual teams that are holding on to championship hopes. Meanwhile the freshmen with the most weekly honors in each of the leagues padded their totals this week.

Kings Conquering the Player of the Week

Murray State big man Fred King came within one rebound of recording a pair of double-doubles. He scored sixteen points and grabbed 14 rebounds against Illinois Chicago and scored 17 and collected nine against Southern Illinois. The Valley’s ‘Player of the Week‘ is tied for seventh in the league scoring race (14.8 ppg) and leads the Valley in rebounds (9.4) and blocked shots (1.9). Murray State is two games out of first place.

SIUE’s Tyler King scored 22 and 19 points during two Cougar road wins. The OVC’s ‘Player of the Week’ has shouldered a growing offensive load with the loss of leading scorers Ring Malith and Myles Thompson. SIUE has won seven of its last ten games and stands one game out of second place and two out of the top spot.

Newcomers Gaining Traction

Southern Illinois’ Quel’Ron House joined the ‘multiple winners’ club for MVC newcomer awards. The Saluki guard claimed his second weekly honor by tossing up a pair of 20-point games. House scored 22 and 26 points during SIU’s two game split. This week’s ‘Newcomer of the Week‘ is the Valley’s eleventh leading scorer (14.4).

SIUE’s King also earned the OVC’s ‘Newcomer of the Week‘ award. These two awards are his first of the season. His recent scoring outbursts have moved the North Central Missouri College transfer into the OVC’s top-twenty list of scorers (11.9).

Rookies Padding Their Stats

Murray State freshman Roman Domon took over the MVC lead with four ‘Freshman of the Week‘ awards. He moved past Belmont’s Eoin Dillon who had claimed the previous three weekly honors. Domon moved into the Racers’ starting lineup and put up big numbers. He tallied Eighteen points and 8 boards against UIC and seventeen and five against the Salukis. Domon is tied with his teammate King in the league scoring race.

UT Martin’s Matas Deniusas is obliterating the rookie competition in the OVC. The 6’9 freshman picked up his tenth ‘Freshman of the Week‘ honor. He is two away from tying the all-time league record. Last week he averaged 15.7 points and 7.7 rebounds during the Skyhawks’ 2-1 week. He is twelfth in scoring (12.9) and tied for fifth in rebounding average (6.7).

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Editor: Cover photo of Fred King, courtesy of goracers.com.