USD's Hegge Captures Player of the Week Honors
USD's Hegge Captures Player of the Week Honors
Women's
Basketball Media Center | Summit Points Blog | 30th
Anniversary Season
ELMHURST, Ill. - South Dakota's Amber Hegge was
named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for
her performance Feb. 7-13.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amber Hegge, South Dakota
6-1 | Sr. | F
Crofton, Neb. (Crofton)
Hegge earns her fourth honor of the season after leading South
Dakota to three wins on the week. In league play, the senior scored
28 points with five assists while handing rival South Dakota State
just its second league loss of the season. In the overtime win,
Hegge scored nine of the Coyotes' final 19 points, including six in
overtime. Two days prior, she tallied a double-double with 28
points and 12 rebounds in the win over North Dakota State, while
scoring 14 points with seven rebounds vs. Nebraska Omaha on
Tuesday. For the week, the forward averaged 23.3 points, including
28.0 in league play, 7.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a 5.5
assist/turnover ratio. She also added 1.7 blocks and 1.3 steals per
contest. Hegge shot 50 percent (26-of-52) from the field and 64
percent (7-of-11) from three-point range while accounting for 50
percent of her team's points in league play.
Also nominated: Stephanie Rosado, IPFW; Nevena Markovic,
IUPUI; Eilise O'Connor, UMKC; Sharise Calhoun, Oakland; Kevi Luper,
Oral Roberts; Kimie Hawkins, Southern Utah; Saule Kontautaite,
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; Jan. 31 - Bethany Watterworth, OU; Feb. 7 - Kevi Luper,
ORU.
