HELENA, Mont. – Montana Western men's basketball player Kyle Gruhler earned his seventh Erck Hotels/ Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season, the league office announced Monday.
 
Gruhler's sharp shooting led the Bulldogs to road wins at Providence (85-62) and (RV) MSU-Northern (83-79).
 
The senior averaged 24.5 points, 9.0rebounds, 2.0 assists on the weekend.  
 
He shot 65.5 percent (19-29) from the floor, 60.0 percent (9-15) from beyond the arc.
 
The Vancouver, Wash., native posted 16 points, eight boards, and three assists in the win over the Argos. He drained four threes in the contest.
 
He followed that with a career-high 33-point, 10-rebound double-double against the Lights, knocking down five threes while adding one assists and two steals.
 
Gruhler has posted 15 20-point games this season, including five with 30 or more.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
The four-seed Bulldogs open the conference tournament in Saturday's quarterfinals against five-seed Montana Tech. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. MT.  
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