Drake University senior guard Nick Norton's historic performance this week earned him a sweep of the weekly Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball awards. Norton was named both the MVC Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week after setting the school record for assists in a game and recording the program's second-ever triple-double in Saturday's win over North Dakota State.
Norton scored 18 points with a school-record 17 assists and career-high 13 rebounds to record the first triple-double by a Bulldog since 1989 and the sixth in the Valley since 1990. Those 17 assists bested the previous record, which had stood for nearly 40 years, by two assists and were tempered by just one turnover in 39 minutes of action.