ORU's Luper Collects Player of the Week Honors
ORU's Luper Collects Player of the Week Honors
Women's Basketball
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ELMHURST, Ill. -
Oral Roberts' Kevi Luper was named The Summit League's Women's
Basketball Player of the Week for her performance Nov.
22-28.
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Kevi Luper, Oral
Roberts
5-10 | Jr. | G
Adair, Okla. (Adair)
Luper collects her second award of the season and 12th
of her career after leading Oral Roberts to a 1-1 record last week.
In a road win at Houston, the reigning Conference USA champions,
the junior scored 24 points with six steals in only 27 minutes of
action, while shooting 58 percent (10-of-17) from the field. She
followed that up with a 17-point, five-rebound performance against
preseason Missouri Valley favorite Missouri State, who was also
ranked No. 13 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. For the
week, Luper averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 steals, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0
assists per game, while also recording two blocks on the week. From
the field, Luper was 17-of-35 (49 percent), went 3-of-8 (38
percent) from behind the arc and 4-of-5 (80 percent) from the free
throw line.
Also nominated:
Stephanie Rosado, IPFW; Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; LeAndrea Thomas, UMKC;
Abby Plucker, North Dakota State; Bethany Watterworth, Oakland;
Amber Hegge, South Dakota; Carli Moreland, Southern Utah; Michele
Salvatori, Western Illinois.
Previous 2011-12
honorees: Nov. 15 - Kevi Luper, ORU; Nov. 22 - Amber Hegge,
USD.
