KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) announced Jared Vitztum as its Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week on Monday (Dec. 14), for games played the week of Dec. 7-13. Vitztum helped Fort Hays State to an exhibition win over Kansas State University and then its first regular season win in overtime at Newman, producing double-doubles in both contests.
Vitztum had a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds, a team best in both categories, in Fort Hays State's 81-68 exhibition win at Kansas State University on Tuesday (Dec. 8). Since the game counted for K-State, FHSU became the first non-Division I team to defeat a major conference team on the road since 2000. Vitztum led the group of six Tigers to score in double figures against the Wildcats.
Vitztum recorded his third double-double of the regular season on Saturday (Dec. 12), tying for the MIAA and national lead in the category, in an 81-75 overtime win for Fort Hays State at Newman University. Vitztum had 19 points and 10 rebounds, while also producing a team-high three blocked shots. Vitztum scored seven of FHSU's 13 points in overtime, including a key layup to push a Tiger lead to three points with 30 seconds remaining and then a pair of free throws with 19 seconds remaining to extend the lead to five.
Vitztum is one of four players in the MIAA averaging better than 20 points per game this season and he leads the MIAA in rebounding at 11.0 per game.
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