Mayville State University basketball player Gus Kueber has been named the Dakota Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of January 16-22, 2012.

Kueber, a 6-7 junior forward from Aneta, N.D., posted back-to-back double-doubles as the Comets picked up a pair of victories over the weekend. Kueber scored 17 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in a 83-69 victory over Johnson & Wales University on Saturday and followed that up with 20 points and 10 rebounds in a 83-64 victory over Northern New Mexicoon Sunday.

Kueber hit 13-of-24 from the field during the week and was 10-for-15 from the free throw line as the Comets improved to 11-8 overall.