The Rule of Kyle Poerschke

Comet becomes DIII Basketball sensation in just a week ANDRÉ AVERION

Staff

Kyle Poerschke — holding the UTD record for 43 score points in one game — was awarded the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week on Jan. 18.

“You know, outside of this interview, [the Men’s Basketball Team] doesn't get a lot of recognition,” Poerschke said. “We're just doing it for each other and [our] love for basketball and I'm thankful that I've gotten to do that in my five years in college. I get to do something that I feel like is really meaningful and get it to do with it with guys that I care about. That's really all you're doing it for at the [Division III] level, because it's not like we're getting the benefits of scholarship money or anything like that. We're just doing it because it's doing something special together and that's what makes D3 special. It's about the guys, about the coaches and it's about doing things together and nothing else.”

Poerschke made his claim to national recognition on Jan. 14 with a winning game against the Christian Polytech nic University’s Yellowjackets 89-81, where he proceeded to dominate eight personal records and surpass the highest points scored in all of UTD history. In celebra tion of his record-break ing performance, Poerschke was selected as the American South west Conference men’s basketball player of the week for the second time