SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota senior guard Stanley Umude earned his second career Summit League Player of the Week honors the league office announced Monday. Umude averaged 28.3 points in the three games at the CU Mortgage Direct Dakota Showcase including a career-high 41 points against South Dakota State.
 
With 41 points Umude tied Iowa's Luka Garza for the most points scored in a Division I game this season. It is the eighth-highest scoring game in Coyote history and best since Turner Trofholz dropped 42 on Nebraska-Kearney in March of 2005. It is also the most points scored by a Division I men's basketball player inside the Sanford Pentagon. Umude shot 17-of-26 from the field against the Jacks and grabbed 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
 
In the three games, Umude shot 52 percent from the field (34-of-65) and 50 percent from deep (10-of-20). He also grabbed 21 rebounds and dished out five assists.
 
On the season, Umude averages 23.7 points which is No. 10 in Division I scoring this season.
 
Umude and the Coyotes host Drake on Wednesday in the home opener. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.