WIU’s Clemens Selected as #SummitWBB Player of the Week
WIU’s Clemens Selected as #SummitWBB Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois junior guard Emily Clemens was named the Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Nov. 21-27.
EMILY CLEMENS, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Jr. // G // Muscatine, Iowa
- Collected her second career Player of the Week award both in consecutive weeks in leading Western Illinois to its best start to a season since 2005-06 (5-1)
- Recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 assists while adding seven rebounds in a win at Kansas City
- Scored 24 points with six rebounds and four assists in a two-point win at SIU Edwardsville
- Connected on three free throws in the final 1:22 against the Cougars, including two with three seconds remaining to secure the victory
- For the week, averaged 22 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per contest, while recording a 2.3 assist/turnover ratio
- Shot 50 percent (14-of-28) from the field, 57.1 percent (4-of-7) from downtown and 85.7 percent (12-of-14) at the line
Also nominated: Zaria Atkins, Fort Wayne; Danielle Lawrence, IUPUI; Mikaela Shaw, Omaha; Faith Ihim, Oral Roberts; Jaycee Bradley, South Dakota; Macy Miller, South Dakota State
Previous honorees: Nov. 14 – Allison Arens, USD; Nov. 21 – Emily Clemens, WIU/Macy Miller, SDSU
ABOUT SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Celebrating its 35th season of Division I athletics, The Summit League features women's basketball teams from nine member institutions: Denver, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois. In 2015-16, The Summit League had its first national postseason tournament champion, the No. 1 team in the final Mid-Major Top 25 poll and recorded the highest graduation success rate (GSR) in NCAA Division I for the second consecutive season. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships further established itself as one of the crown jewels of women's tournaments with a second consecutive season of record-setting attendance figures that rank among the top in Division I. This season's event returns to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 4-7, 2017. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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