WIU’s Blumer Captures #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honors

1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois junior guard Morgan Blumer was named The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Jan. 9-15.

MORGAN BLUMER, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Jr. // G // Milton, Wis.

Garnered her first career Player of the Week award
Posted career-highs of 36 points, 15 rebounds, 12 field goals made and seven three-point field goals made in the win over North Dakota State
Her seven treys tied a school single-game record and her 36 points are tied for third-best in program history
Scored 19 points with six rebounds and two blocks in the win at Omaha
Gave Western Illinois its first lead of the game vs. the Mavericks with the go-ahead basket with 12 seconds remaining
For the week, averaged 27.5 points, 10.5 rebounds 2.5 blocks, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steal per game with no turnovers in 64 minutes of action
Shot 58.8 percent (20-of-34) from the field, 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from three-point range and 85.7 percent (6-of-7) at the line

Also nominated: Lauren Loven, Denver; De'Jour Young, Fort Wayne; Sydney Hall, IUPUI; Faith Ihim, Oral Roberts; Allison Arens, South Dakota; Kerri Young, South Dakota State

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; Dec. 26 – Mikale Rogers, IUPUI; Jan. 2 – Allison Arens, USD; Jan. 9 – Taylor Higginbotham, WIU

ABOUT SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Celebrating its 35^th 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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