BISMARCK – Silas Bennion of the Jimmie men’s basketball team has been named this week’s North Star Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.

Bennion averaged 20 points as the Jimmies went 1-1 on the road last week. He scored 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting in an 83-60 loss at Dakota State (S.D.), then followed up with 23 points including 8-of-8 from the free throw line in UJ’s 71-58 win at Bellevue (Neb.). For the week, Bennion shot 14-of-30 from the field overall (46.7 percent) and was 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.