OU's Watterworth Tabbed Player of the Week
OU's Watterworth Tabbed Player of the Week
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. 24-30.
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Bethany
Watterworth, Oakland
5-11 | Jr. |
F
Lake Orion, Mich. (Lake Orion)
Watterworth earns her sixth career award and second this season
after leading the Golden Grizzlies in scoring and rebounding last
week. The junior forward scored 24 points on 11-of-20 shooting with
eight rebounds in a win over North Dakota State on Saturday. She
followed that performance with 25 points and seven boards vs. South
Dakota State Monday. For the week, Watterworth averaged 24.5
points, 7.5 rebounds, one assist and one block per contest. She
shot 48 percent (19-of-40) from the field and went 9-of-10 from the
charity stripe while committing only one turnover. She has now
scored 20 or more points in four of her last five
games.
Also nominated:
Stephanie Rosado, IPFW; Nevena Markovic, IUPUI; Dani DeGagne, North
Dakota State; Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts; Amber Hegge, South Dakota;
Jill Young, South Dakota State; Carli Moreland, Southern Utah;
Sadie Webb, 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;
Jan. 10 - Bethany Watterworth, OU; Jan. 17 - Katie Comello,
IUPUI/Carli Moreland, SUU; Jan. 24 - Amber Hegge,
USD.
