WIU’s Higginbotham Named #SummitWBB Player of the Week

1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois sophomore guard Taylor Higginbotham was named The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Jan. 2-8.

TAYLOR HIGGINBOTHAM, WESTERN ILLINOIS
So. // G // Germantown, Wis.

Captured her first career Player of the Week honor
Scored a career-high 28 points on 9-of-15 (.600) shooting with six rebounds and five assists in win over Denver
Added 20 points, nine rebounds and three steals in the victory over league previously undefeated Oral Roberts
Two wins lifted Western Illinois into a four-way tie for first place in league standings
For the week, averaged 24 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per contest
Shot 45.5 percent (15-of-33) from the field, 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from three-point range and 73.3 percent (11-of-15) at the free throw line

Also nominated: Jacqlyn Poss, Denver; De'Jour Young, Fort Wayne; Taylor Thunstedt, North Dakota State; Mikaela Shaw, Omaha; Maria Martianez, Oral Roberts; 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

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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