Falkenberg, a 5-foot-11 junior guard from Wadsworth, Ohio, averaged 27.0 points, 5.3 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.0 rebounds per game for the week while shooting 57.8 percent from the field (26-for-45), 54.3 percent from three-point range (19-for-35), and 100 percent from the free throw line (10-for-10).

The former Wadsworth High School star began the week with 23 points and six three-pointers made in a 91-69 win at Malone College. He added 28 points and a career-high eight assists to go with eight treys in a 103-69 victory over the University of Michigan-Dearborn in the first round of the Food for the Hungry Holiday Invitational. Then, he closed out the week with a season-high 30 points and five assists in an 80-68 win at Kenyon College in the championship game of the tournament. For his efforts, he was named the Food for the Hungry Holiday Invitational Most Valuable Player.

On the season, Falkenberg is averaging a team-best 21.9 points per game to go with 46 three-pointers made. He has compiled 39 assists, 15 steals, and 11 rebounds, and he is shooting 51.1 percent from the field (69-for-135), 48.9 percent from three-point range (46-for-94), and 92.9 percent from the free throw line (13-for-14).

MVNU is currently 9-0 on the season and ranked seventh in the latest NAIA Division II poll that came out on Wednesday afternoon. The Cougars will return to action on Monday, December 17, when the team will host Houghton (N.Y.) College in a non-conference game at 7:30 p.m. That game has been designated as Knox County Night with all Knox County residents being admitted free.