ORU's Luper Named Player of the Week

11/15/2011 12:00:00 AM

Women's Basketball Media Center | Summit Points Blog | 30^th Anniversary Season

ELMHURST, Ill. - Oral Roberts' Kevi Luper was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performance Nov. 11-14. The award marks the first weekly honor of the season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts
5-10 | Jr. | G
Adair, Okla. (Adair)
Luper collects her 11^th career honor, after leading Oral Roberts to a pair of wins to open the season. On Sunday, the junior guard scored 34 points, her 16^th career game with 30 or more points, and had five steals in an 80-63 win at Wisconsin. It was the Golden Eagles' first victory over a Big Ten team since 1997 and first win over a power conference team since 2004. In an 80-53 win over Drury on Friday, Luper scored 27 points and collected five steals. For the week, she averaged 30.5 points, shot 58 percent (26-of-45) from the field and 45 percent (5-of-11) from behind the arc. Luper also registered two assists and 1.5 rebounds per game and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line.

Also nominated: Anne Boese, IPFW, Nevena Markovic, IUPUI; Dayon Hall-Jones, UMKC; Hannah Linz, North Dakota State; Zakiya Minifee, Oakland; Ashley Eide, South Dakota State; Hailey Mandelko, Southern Utah; Sadie Webb, Western Illinois.