UNI's Tuttle Earns Top MVC Honors for 2nd Straight Week

University of Northern Iowa senior forward Seth Tuttle has been named the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball player of the week for the second consecutive week – and sixth time in his career.

Tuttle (Sheffield, Iowa/West Fork HS) tallied a career-high 29 points in leading No. 18 UNI to a 70-54 win over No. 12 Wichita State on Saturday in the McLeod Center. Tuttle made 9-of-13 shots from the field and drained 10-of-13 free throws while grabbing seven rebounds against the Shockers. It marked the 18th career 20-point scoring game of his career.

Earlier in the week, Tuttle earned his 20th career double-double (fourth of this season) with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 59-52 road win over Southern Illinois. Tuttle averaged 21.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.0 spg and 1.5 apg in helping UNI to a 2-0 week.

Tuttle was named the CBSSports.com national player of the week. ESPN’s Andy Katz named Tuttle his national player of the week as well.

UNI will head to Indiana State to meet the Sycamores on Tuesday at 6 p.m. (CT) at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Ind.

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