Northern's Reeves earns Frontier honor

For the first time this season, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has a Frontier Conference Player of the Week. On Monday, Northern's Ryan Reeves was named Frontier Men's Player of the Week.

Reeves, a 6-10 senior, was dominant in Northern's two wins at last weekend's AmericInn Thanksgiving Classic in Havre, as well as last Monday's victory at Portland Bible College. Northern won three games over the weekend with wins over Portland Bible College 104-78, Salish Kootenai College 145-46 and Valley City State (N.D.) 77-54.

Reeves averaged 19 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and five blocks per game. Reeves was 25 of 36 (69 percent) from the field and 8 0f 12 from the free throw line. Reeves had back-to-back double-doubles with 28 points and 16 rebounds in MSU-N's record-setting win over Salish Kootenai, as well as 12 points and 11 rebounds against Valley City State. He also scored 18 points at Portland Bible.

His performance helped Northern improve to 5-2 on the season, and he enters this weekend's first Frontier Conference games averaging 17 points and nine rebounds per outing.

UM-Western's Brianna King was named Frontier Women's Player of the Week. Northern senior Jacy Thompson was nominated for the award as well.

The Lights and Skylights are home to host Rocky Mountain College Friday night and Carroll College Saturday night.