FORT MYERS, Fla. – After leading the FGCU men's basketball team to a pair of league wins and extending its unbeaten streak to four games, Tavian Dunn-Martin was named the ASUN Player of the Week to earn his fifth weekly accolade of the season.
 
The graduate guard averaged 28.0 points, 5.5 assists, and 5.5 rebounds, while shooting .529 from the floor, .500 from deep, and going 11-of-13 from the free throw line in wins over North Alabama and Stetson in overtime.

"Tavian continues to show why he is one of the top players in the league as well as one of the most dynamic guards in the country," said head coach Michael Fly. "Aside from his scoring ability, he is able to impact the game in other ways which put his teammates in position to be successful as well."
 
The Huntington, West Virginia, native set a new FGCU single-game scoring record in the win over Stetson with 38 points and became the first ASUN player in a decade to have six 30-point games in a season. He scored 20 of his 38 points in the final 7:33 of play including 11 in the last 2:33 of regulation including the game-tying bucket to force overtime. He also added seven assists and six rebounds in the win.
 
Against North Alabama, he had 18 points, four assists, and five rebounds while going 4-of-5 from beyond the arc.
 
For Dunn-Martin, this was the second consecutive week he has been named the ASUN Player of the Week and his fifth overall honor including Player of the Week on Nov. 29 and Dec. 13 and the Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 24. He was named to the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Award Midseason Watch List earlier this month.

Cyrus Largie was also named the league's Player of the Week on Dec. 6, while Kevin Samuel was named the Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 6 and on Feb. 7 as well.
 
On the season, Dunn-Martin continues to lead the Eagles with 20.5 points and 5.9 assists per game – he ranks second in the ASUN in scoring and is the league leader in assists. He is on pace to set the FGCU single-season scoring record which is currently held by Leighton Bowie (19.5 ppg, 2003-04). His 81 made three pointers currently ranks fourth-best for a single-season as well.
 
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COACH FLY
Michael Fly was introduced as the fourth FGCU men's basketball head coach on April 5, 2018. He had spent the previous seven years as an assistant coach on the Eagles' staff. In his time with the Eagles, he helped FGCU to a 206-141 record (.585 winning percentage), including six ASUN Tournament Final appearances, three NCAA Tournament victories, three ASUN Tournament titles and three ASUN Regular Season Championships, two berths in the NIT, a CIT appearance and a run to the Sweet 16. He has coached 13 all-conference selections while with the Green and Blue, including two ASUN Player of the Year honors in Sherwood Brown and Brandon Goodwin, two ASUN Defensive Player of the Year selections in Bernard Thompson and Demetris Morant and one ASUN Newcomer of the Year in Schadrac Casimir. Of the top-10 players in career points at FGCU, Fly has helped develop eight of them, including all-time leading scorer Thompson (1,835). Additionally, the Kentucky alumnus has coached both the ASUN all-time assists leader Brett Comer (845; 24th in NCAA history) and FGCU all-time leading rebounder Chase Fieler (714).
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 87 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 43 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 25, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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