Week 10: GPAC Basketball Players of the Week

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 22-28, 2024. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2023-2024 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Basketball Players-of-the-Week

Women – Kia Tower, University of Jamestown (Guard)

Kia Tower of the University of Jamestown is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women's basketball player-of-the-week. Tower, a senior from Bigfork, Minnesota, scored 19 points and dished out a career-high 10 assists as Jamestown overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to defeat Morningside 80-74 on the road last week. She shot 6-of-9 from the field and 7-of-7 from the free throw line and also grabbed six rebounds and recorded a pair of steals.

Men – Tristan Smith, Concordia University (Forward)

Tristan Smith of Concordia University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men's basketball player-of-the-week.  Smith, a junior from Elizabeth, Colorado, posted three double-doubles during the week as the Bulldogs went 3-0 and won the Concordia Invitational Tournament championship (30th in program history). Smith now has nine double-doubles on the season as he totaled 50 points and 40 rebounds for the week. He was named to the CIT all-tournament team.