South Dakota Player of the Week
- Ethan Freidel, Tea Area. The junior scored 23 points in a win over MCM on Friday giving Tea their second win of the year. On Tuesday, Freidel scored an impressive 30 in loss to Dell Rapids.
- Clayton Koch, Harding County. With 31 points including four threes and seven boards, Koch pushed his team to 3-0 on the season with a win over Hettinger/Scranton (ND). Also had 26 points and 12 rebounds earlier in a win over Newell.
- Devon Leiferman, Winner. Winner has stated the year 3-0 and thanks to a recent 27 points and eight rebounds in a 57-47 win over Miller. Devon also neared a double-double in a 41-38 win over Sully Buttes.
- Ty Hoglund, Dell Rapids. Hoglund put on an amazing display producing 44 points against Tea breaking the school single game scoring record (also had 7 steals and 5 assists). Ty had 36 points in the win over West Central in the opener.
- Nate Davis, Watertown. His team is undefeated beating Huron, O’Gorman and Brookings. Nate scored a big 17 in overtime (huge late trey, 4 boards) to beat number one O’Gorman, then scored 18 points with 6 boards and 4 assists, including 9 of 10 foul shots in the ten point win over Brookings.