Jordan Kouremetis, Texas Lutheran University, Men's Basketball - Player of the Week (Week 11)

JORDAN KOUREMETIS OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, a sophomore guard from San Antonio, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, February 1st.

Kouremetis led the Texas Lutheran to a pair of wins this past weekend at home, defeating Austin College and following that up with a victory over the University of Dallas.

Kouremetis averaged 23.0 pts/gm over the weekend, shooting 13-for-19 from the field, a blistering 10-for-15 from behind the arch, and 10-for-11 from the free throw line. He added 3.5 reb/gm and 3.0 ast/gm. 

Kouremetis began the weekend with 26 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 6-of-7 shooting from behind the arch in a 87-79 win over Austin College. He was also a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. Kouremetis scored 20 points in the first half, maing all six of his threes in the first half. He followed that up with a 20 point outing in an 80-74 win over Dallas. Kouremetis scored 20 points on 5-of-10 shooting and 4-of-8 from behind the arch to lead the team. 

For the season, Kouremetis is fifth in the league with 13.9 pts/gm and seventh in the SCAC, shooting 42.7% from 3-point land. He is also third in the league in free throw percentage at 83.1%.

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore guard Brian Baehl of Austin College had a strong weekend for Austin College, averaging 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a pair of games for the ‘Roos. Sophomore forward James Sapp of Centenary tied for the team-lead in points, 16.0, and led the team in rebounds with 7.0 per game. Junior guard Justin Berardino of Colorado College  scored eight of his career-high 25 points in overtime as Colorado College defeated Trinity, 70-65 in overtime. With the score tied at 60-60, Berardino hit a three-pointer from the right wing with 2:18 remaining, and after TU tied the game at 65-65, he calmly sank three free throws 32 seconds later to put CC ahead for good. Senior Mark Promberger of Dallas averaged 12.5 points-per-game this weekend with a pair of double-digit outings in contests that resulted in Dallas going 1-1. He shot 81.8 percent from the field and totaled 10 rebounds, including seven which was second-most for the squad on Saturday's setback at Texas Lutheran. Sophomore forward Zach Whitlock of Southwestern averaged 11.5 points per game in 22.5 minutes as SU went 1-1 on the weekend. Junior guard Jimmy Clark of Trinity led Trinity in a pair of road losses in conference play, scoring 13.5 points/game and pulling down a team-best 6.5 rebounds/game against Centenary and Colorado College. Clark hit 9-17 (52.9%) from the field and 4-6 (66.7%) from three-point range for the week. Schreiner did not nomiante anyone.