Redshirt junior defensive end David Bass has been selected as part of this week’s D2Football.com Student-Athletes of the Week by the D2Football.com office. Bass earned defensive player of the week honors for his performance in the Griffons 23-6 win over 12th ranked Central Missouri last Saturday in front of 6,251 fans in Spratt Stadium. Bass was also named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week. The first time he earned either one of these honors in his career.

David Bass (St. Louis, Mo.) and the rest of the Griffon defensive line gave the 12th ranked Mules and their passing attack fits all night long. Bass finished the game tying a single game MWSU record for sacks in a game with four. The previous record was set back in 1999 against Washburn by Josh Charles. Bass sacked the UCM quarterback on back-to-back plays early in the third quarter. The Griffons had seven sacks and nine tackles for a loss in the contest. The last time Western had seven sacks in a contest was on October 13, 2007 against Southwest Baptist University.  Bass also had one quarterback hurry to go along with one pass break-up. Bass tipped three other pass which were all intercepted with two being in Griffon territory. The 20 yards rushing was the least a Griffon team has giving up since September 12, 2009 when they held the Fort Hays State Tigers to 10 yards on 19 attempts. Bass finished with seven total tackles, with five being solo.

Western will return home for their first non-conference game of the 2011 season when they take on the Langston University Lions in St. Joseph, Mo. on Saturday, September 17. Kickoff is set for 11:00 am in Spratt Stadium.

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