For the second time in three weeks, Wayne State College sophomore center Jordan Janssen has been named the Northern Sun Conference Men’s Basketball South Division Player of the Week.
A 6-foot-7 sophomore center, Janssen averaged a double-double with 22.5 points and 17.5 rebounds per game over the weekend in Wildcat home wins over Upper Iowa and Winona State. He produced 17 points and grabbed 21 rebounds Friday in a 88-69 win over the Peacocks and followed that performance with 28 points and 14 rebounds in Saturday’s 70-63 victory against Winona State.
Janssen’s 21 rebounds against Upper Iowa Friday night tied for fifth-most by a Wildcat in a single game and were the most rebounds in a game since David Allen grabbed 21 boards vs. Northwest Missouri State on Feb. 15, 1993.
For the weekend, Janssen shot 60.9 percent (14-23) from the field and 94.4 percent (17-18) at the free throw line while also averaging 4.5 assists and 3.5 blocked shots per game.
This season, Janssen leads Wayne State in scoring (18.7) and rebounding (11.8), leading the NSIC in rebounding while ranking fifth in scoring. He also sits sixth in the NSIC in blocked shots per game (1.5), ninth in assists (3.5) and field goal percentage (.523) and tops the league in made free throws with 70.
Janssen also received the honor on Nov. 24 and is the first Wildcat player since Amry Shelby in November, 2012 to be named NSIC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.
