Josh Ruggles Award Player of the Week Week Of 1/21/2018 Sport Men's Basketball School Loras College Year Junior Position Hometown Wheaton, Ill. High School Men’s Basketball – Player of the Week Josh Ruggles, Loras College Jr., Guard, Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville South The Duhawks picked up two conference wins on the week as Ruggles averaged 31.50PPG, 5.50RPG and 3.0APG. In Loras’ 109-92 road win at Central on Monday, January 15th, Ruggles totaled 37-points, 8-rebounds and 4-assists. He went 13-of-13 from the free throw line and 6-of-8 from three-point against the Dutch. Ruggles tallied 26-points, 3-rebounds and 2-assists in the Duhawks 85-38 home win over Luther on Saturday, January 20th. He continued his streak of consecutive free throws made going 3-of-3 while also connecting on 7-of-11 three-pointers against the Norse. After Saturday’s win, Ruggles has made 56 consecutive free-throws and he is now tied for seventh all-time for 3-pointers in a single season with 63. Ruggles now stands at 373 points this season and ranks 15th in Division III in total points. At 92.2 percent, Ruggles' free-throw conversion rate currently ranks second all-time in program history as well as ninth in Division III. In his last six games, Ruggles is averaging 24.3 points per game with five games of at least 20 points. This is Ruggles second Player of the Week honor (1/21/18, 11/26/17).