ONU's Schmidt Earns His Second Men's Basketball Weekly Award

CHICAGO --- Scoring at a 28.0 points-per-game clip in a pair of wins during the seven-day period from Jan. 1-7, Olivet Nazarene University's Tyler Schmidt (Valparaiso, Ind.) has earned his second Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week award of the 2023-24 season, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

Schmidt led the team in scoring in both contests - a 69-59 victory over University of St. Francis (Ill.) on Wednesday and a 102-98 overtime triumph versus Indiana University Northwest on Saturday – and played all 85 minutes of the combined affairs. 

In the St. Francis win, the senior guard totaled 21 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals.  He then lit up the scoreboard for 35 points on .611 shooting from the field (11-of-18), .667 accuracy from three-point range (4-of-6) and a perfect 9-for-9 reading at the free-throw line in the Indiana Northwest game.  On top of that, he registered a double-double with his 10 assists, while also recording seven rebounds, one steal and one block.

For the two games combined, besides his 28.0 scoring clip, Schmidt averaged 7.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per contest. 

Schmidt ranks second in the league in scoring (22.6 ppg) and is first in total assists with 88.  His .851 shooting mark at the foul line is also fourth-best in the conference.

The two victories put the Tigers at 11-3 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

Other Nominees: AJ Dunn (Indiana South Bend), Forte Prater (Roosevelt), Tyrell Isom (Governors State), Cedric Johnson (Saint Xavier), Elgin Bowen Jr. (St. Ambrose), Devan Nichols (Calumet St. Joseph), Dannie Smith (Indiana Northwest), Javaris Wiggins (Judson).