INDIANAPOLIS - A pair of IUPUI basketball student-athletes collected Horizon League weekly honors, as announced on Monday (Nov. 18) after the Jaguars wins over Anderson and South Florida last week. Junior guard Marcus Burk was named the league's Nike Men's Basketball Player of the Week while rookie Mike DePersia was named the league's Freshman of the Week. The duo helped IUPUI roll over Anderson last Monday (Nov. 11), 72-55, before going on the road and upsetting South Florida, 70-53, on Wednesday night (Nov. 13). 

It marked the first career Horizon League awards for both players. 

Burk, an Indianapolis-native, averaged 25.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game while leading the Jags in scoring in both victories. He shot 60.6 percent (20-of-33) from the floor, 57.1 percent (8-of-14) from three-point range and made all three free throws during the week. He scored 23 of his game-high 25 points in the first half of the Jaguars win over Anderson, closing with 25 points and four steals in that victory. He followed with a game-high 26 points, a career-high nine rebounds and two assists in the win at South Florida, marking IUPUI's first-ever win over an AAC foe.

For the season, Burk ranks second in the league in scoring (20.7 ppg), third in threes made (2.8/game), fourth in steals (2.0 spg), sixth in field goal percentage (49.3%) and 11th in minutes played (32.3 mpg). 
 
DePersia, a guard from Cherry Hill, N.J., moved into the Jaguars starting five last week, and averaged 4.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 57.1 percent (4-of-7) from the floor. He had four points and a season-high six rebounds in a season-high 33 minutes in the win over Anderson in his first career start on Monday. He followed with four points, four rebounds and three assists at South Florida on Wednesday. On the year, he currently ranks fourth on the team in minutes played (111) and third in assists (6) through the season's first four games.

The Jags will return to action on Wednesday night (Nov. 20) when they trek to Chicago to take on Loyola (Ill.) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.