GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced that Michigan Tech sophomore guard Marcus Tomashek has been selected as GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week while Northern Michigan redshirt sophomore forward Dylan Kuehl earned GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honors following Week 5 of the 2023-24 men's basketball season.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marcus Tomashek, Michigan Tech
Sophomore guard Marcus Tomashek averaged 29.5 points per game in the GLIAC opening weekend split. He scored a career-high 39 points in the last second loss to Saginaw Valley on Thursday while leading the Huskies with 20-points in the win over Wayne State 84-77 on Saturday. The Green Bay, Wisconsin, native shot 48.7 from the field over the two games and went 12-of-22 from the field and 8-of-11 from 3-point range (72.7 percent). He also went 9-of-10 from the free-throw line and averaged 5.5 rebounds per game. Tomashek is tied for second in the country with 25.8 points per game and 13th nationally with 206 points this season.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dylan Kuehl, Northern Michigan
Redshirt sophomore forward Dylan Kuehl led the Northern Michigan Wildcats to a 2-0 start in GLIAC play this past weekend. In Thursday’s 75-69 victory over Wayne State, Kuehl shot 9-15 (60.0%) for 24 points while also pulling down four rebounds. He followed it up with an otherworldly performance in NMU’s 71-56 thumping of Saginaw Valley State on Saturday. Kuehl went off for a career-high 30 points on 12-20 (60.0%) shooting, while pulling down 10 rebounds for a dominant double-double. In addition, the 6’6” forward was a force on the defensive end, blocking a career-best six shots, a single game pinnacle among conference teams this season. Kuehl also added several highlight reel plays, throwing down six dunks in the contest, a feat rarely seen in Division II hoops. The native of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin now sits second in the GLIAC in points/game with 18.5. He is also fourth in blocks/game (1.2), seventh in rebounds/game (6.6), and 10th in field goal percentage (55.2%).
