KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball senior guard Conner Crooker was named the MIAA’s co-Athlete of the Week on Monday. He shared the honor with Missouri Southern’s Taevaunn Prince. Crooker averaged 22.5 points in two games last week, including tying a career-high 27 against Central Oklahoma on Saturday. The Overland Park, Kan., native shot 70.8 percent from the field (17-of-24) and hit 60 percent of his long range attempts in two games (9-of-15).

Crooker has now scored 1,093 points for his career. He is Northwest’s career leader in free throw percentage at 85.5 percent (183-of-214) and is second in three point field goal percentage at 44.4 percent (174-of-214). His 174 career three pointers ranks third all time in Bearcat history.

— Northwest Athletics —