Western Illinois’ Higginbotham earns Summit League Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor
Western Illinois’ Higginbotham earns Summit League Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor
By: Kelly Shipp
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Western Illinois senior guard Taylor Higginbotham has been named The Summit League Women's Basketball Players of the Week.
Higginbotham helped lead her Leatherneck squad to back-to-back Summit League victories against North Dakota and North Dakota State. She scored 23-points against the Fighting Hawks before scoring a season-high 27-points against the Bison on her way to becoming Western Illinois' all-time leading scorer.
Player of the Week
Taylor Higginbotham, Western Illinois
Sr. | Guard | Germantown, Wis.
• Higginbotham averaged 25-points and eight rebounds in the Leathernecks two wins last week
• She became Western Illinois' all-time leading scorer with 1,715 career points
• Scored 23-points against North Dakota and followed that up with a season-high 27-points against North Dakota State
• She was 14-of-15 from the free throw line and shot 56 percent from the field
• This is Higginbotham's fourth career player of the week honor and second of the season
Also nominated: Jaelencia Williams, Purdue Fort Wayne; Allison Arens, South Dakota; Julia Fleecs, North Dakota; Myah Selland, South Dakota State
2018-19 Summit League Players of the Week
Nov. 12: Taylor Frederick, South Dakota
Nov. 19: Macy Miller, South Dakota State
Nov. 26: Madison Nelson, Denver
Dec. 3: Lexi Klabo, North Dakota
Dec. 10: Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota
Dec. 17: Ciara Duffy, South Dakota
Dec. 22: Taylor Higginbotham, Western Illinois
Dec. 31: Lexi Klabo, North Dakota
Jan. 7: Lauren Loven, Denver
Jan. 14: Myah Selland, South Dakota State
Jan. 21: Olivia Kaufmann, Western Illinois
Jan. 28: De'Jour Young, Purdue Fort Wayne
Keni Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts
Feb. 4: Taylor Higginbotham, Western Illinois
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