ORU's Luper Named Player of the Week
ORU's Luper Named Player of the Week
Women's
Basketball Media Center | Summit Points
Blog | 30th
Anniversary Season
ELMHURST, Ill. -
Oral Roberts' Kevi Luper was named The Summit
League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performance
Jan. 31-Feb. 6.
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts
5-10 | Jr. |
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Adair, Okla. (Adair)
Luper collects her fourth Player of the Week honor of the season
and record 14th of her career after breaking the
league's all-time scoring record in a win at North Dakota State on
Saturday. In the win, the junior scored 41 points with seven steals
and five rebounds while shooting 57 percent from the floor. The 41
points also set a new Bison Sports Arena record, was the
second-highest scoring output of her career and is tied for the
eighth-best in the nation this season. For the week, Luper averaged
25.0 points, 4.5 steals, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and had a 5.0
assist/turnover ratio. She shot 57 percent from behind the arc and
was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Also nominated:
Stephanie Rosado, IPFW; Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; Janae Burich, North
Dakota State; Bethany Watterworth, Oakland; Amber Hegge, South
Dakota; Andrea Jones, 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.
