UMKC's Tyler Named Summit League Men's Basketball Player Of The Week

Sophomore point guard Estan Tyler was honored for his performance this weekend with Summit League Player of the Week honors, scoring a career-best 25 points and dishing out five assists in a 90-86 road win at South Dakota.

Tyler earned his first award and the first by a Kansas City player since 2010, with a career-high scoring night in a comeback road victory at South Dakota. He put up 25 points in 28 minutes off the bench on 10-of-13 shooting while dishing out five assists without committing a turnover. His previous career-best was 17 points, and it was the ninth time this season he had set a career-high of some sort.

Tyler, who entered the contest averaging 10.0 points per game, connected on five-of-seven three-point attempts and accounted for 11 of his team's 19 made field goals (five assists, six made shots) during a record-setting second half. The Kangaroos shot a school-record 82.6 percent during the second half to overcome a nine-point deficit. The comeback victory snapped Kansas City's nine-game road losing streak and marked the 'Roos first league road win since Dec. 2011.