By MIKE BROWN Sports Writer on Jan 31, 2012, at 10:44 PM Updated on 1/31 at 10:44 PM
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ORU senior forward Michael Craion probably isn’t going to receive much consideration as the Summit League's player of the year.
That award will likely go to one of three men – ORU’s Dominique Morrison, Oakland’s Reggie Hamilton and South Dakota State’s Nate Wolters.
Craion is the only member of the six-man preseason all-conference team who hasn't won the league's weekly player of the week award at least once this season.
But ORU head coach Scott Sutton says “no one has an overall game like Mike when you think of being able to pass, rebound, score around the basket, bring the ball up in transition, and (has) really good defensive instincts.”
The 6-foot-5 Crain leads the Golden Eagles in rebounding and steals and is almost undoubtedly the team’s strongest defender.
"Mike does the little things well,” Morrison said.
Craion utterly dominated the 97-64 win over South Dakota last Thursday with 18 points and 10 rebounds and had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists in Saturday’s 77-67 win over UMKC.
Morrison was the Eagles’ nomination for Summit League player of the week for his 28 points vs. Kansas City. But it could easily have been Craion.
-- Mike Brown
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