NDSU's Penley Named Player of the Week

NDSU's Penley Named Player of the Week

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Jerri Penley, North Dakota State

Jr., C, 6-2, Willis, Mich./Calvary Christian Academy
Penley garners Player of the Week honors after leading the Bison to two key league road victories last week over IPFW (67-65) and Oakland (58-54). She averaged 18.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.0 assists per game. She also shot 70 percent from the field on the week. Penley scored the eventual game-winning baskets with less than a minute remaining in both games. Her 13 rebounds against the Golden Grizzlies were a career high, and she collected her second career double-double (16 points) in the same game.

Also nominated: Karolina Zaloga, Centenary; Julia Whitted, IUPUI; Chazny Morris, UMKC; Hanna Reising, Oakland; Leanne Robison, Oral Roberts; Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State; Caitlyn Sears, Southern Utah; Gina Hugelier, Western Illinois.

Previous honorees: Nov. 13 - Jessica Pike, OU; Nov. 20 - Kristin Rotert, SDSU; Nov. 27 - Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Dec. 4 - Chazny Morris, UMKC; Dec. 11 - Jenny Hardin, ORU; Dec. 18 - Anne Westwood, SUU; Dec. 25 - Jessica Pike, OU; Jan. 1 - Lisa Bue, NDSU; Jan. 8 - Lisa Bue, NDSU & Gina Hugelier, WIU; Jan. 15 - Katy Davenport, WIU; Jan. 22 - Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Jan. 29 - Johnna Lewis-Carlisle, IPFW.