Keeping it on the team, Central men’s basketball senior, Nile Eckermann, was named the Iowa Conference male athlete of the week following two stellar performances over the past seven days. Colby Taylor received the honor last Monday, and this is the first time this season Central men have garnered the title for two straight weeks. Eckermann put in 23 points against Wartburg on Wednesday, and scored almost half of his squad’s total when he tallied a game-high 35 on Saturday against Loras. The senior is fifth in Division III with 51 shots made from beyond the perimeter, and he needs 19 to tie a school record for most in a season set back in 1999-2000 by Wade Vander Molen. The 9 – 6 Dutch are back in action tomorrow at home against Buena Vista.

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