IUPUI’s Rogers Named #SummitWBB Player of the Week
IUPUI’s Rogers Named #SummitWBB Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI senior center Mikale Rogers was named The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Dec. 19-25.
MIKALE ROGERS, IUPUI
Sr. // C // Indianapolis, Ind.
- Earned her second Player of the Week selection this season and fourth of her career
- Guided IUPUI to the league's first-ever win over Big Ten foe Purdue and just the second win over a B1G opponent in school history
- Tallied a double-double with a career-high tying 24 points and 11 rebounds while adding a pair of assists and steals along with one block in the game
- Connected on her lone three-point attempt and sank all five of her free throws, while shooting 47.4 percent (9-of-19) from the field
- Surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau in the win
Also nominated: Jacqlyn Poss, Denver; Zaria Atkins, Fort Wayne; Taylor Thunstedt, North Dakota State; Mikaela Shaw, Omaha; Lakota Beatty, Oral Roberts; Allison Arens, South Dakota; Ellie Thompson, South Dakota State; Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
Previous honorees: Nov. 14 – Allison Arens, USD; Nov. 21 – Emily Clemens, WIU/Macy Miller, SDSU; Nov. 28 – Emily Clemens, WIU; Dec. 5 – Mikale Rogers, IUPUI/Maria Martianez, ORU; Dec. 12 – Jaycee Bradley, USD/Emily Clemens, WIU; Dec. 19 – Mikaela Shaw, UNO
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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