OU's Watterworth Earns Player of the Week Honors
OU's Watterworth Earns Player of the Week Honors
Women's
Basketball Media Center | Summit Points
Blog | 30th
Anniversary Season
ELMHURST, Ill. -
Oakland's Bethany Watterworth was named The Summit
League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performance
Jan. 3-9.
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Bethany
Watterworth, Oakland
5-11 | Jr. | F
Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion)
Watterworth earns her fifth career Player of the Week honor after
leading Oakland to a pair of Summit League victories last week. In
Saturday's win over IUPUI, the junior scored 27 points on 11-of-16
shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from behind the arc. She also
grabbed eight rebounds and had two steals in the game. She followed
that up with 17 points and three assists in a victory over Western
Illinois Monday. For the week, Watterworth averaged 22.0 points,
5.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. She was a perfect 4-of-4
from the free throw line and shot 53 percent (16-of-30) from the
field and 57 percent (8-of-14) from downtown, while adding 1.5
steals and 1.5 blocks per contest.
Also nominated:
Anne Boese, IPFW; Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; Dayon Hall-Jones, UMKC;
Jamie Van Kirk, North Dakota State; Jennie Sunnarborg, South Dakota
State; Hailey Mandelko, Southern Utah; Valencia Kelly, Western
Illinois.
Previous 2011-12
honorees: Nov. 15 - Kevi Luper, ORU; Nov. 22 - Amber Hegge, USD;
Nov. 29 - Kevi Luper, ORU; Dec. 6 - Stephanie Rosado, IPFW/Kevi
Luper, ORU; Dec. 13 - Brittany Carnago, OU; Dec. 20 - Amber Hegge,
USD; Dec. 27 - Ashley Eide, SDSU; Jan. 3 - Dayon Hall-Jones,
UMKC.
