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February 1, 2010
- M/W Basketball
SLIAC ANNOUNCES BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF
THE WEEK FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 25-31
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)
has announced the basketball players of the week for the week of
January 25-31.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MacMurray College's Brady Slagle, a freshman from
Winchester, Ill. (West Central), has been named the SLIAC Men's Basketball Player of
the Week for the week of January 25-31.
Slagle, a 6-5 guard, averaged 20.0 points
and 8.0 rebounds in two games played last week. He also had five
assists, two blocks, one steal and shot 15-of-26 (.577) from the field.
Slagle recorded
career highs in points (21), rebounds (7), blocks (2) and assists (5) in
MacMurray's 95-93 come-from-behind overtime victory at Eureka College.
He blocked Eureka's Kameron Bell's shot with 34 seconds left to play in
overtime, recovered the ball to preserve the tie and set up CJ
McClellan's game-winning shot. Slagle added 19 points and broke his
career-high in rebounds with nine in the Highlander's second straight
overtime victory, 73-71, over Webster University.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Blackburn College's Kariann
Hill, a junior from
Fox Lake, Ill. (Grant), has been named the SLIAC Women's Basketball Player
of the Week for the week of January 25-31.
Hill, a 5-9
guard/forward, averaged 18.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games played
last week. She also shot 14-of-25 (.560) from the field and 8-of-12
(.667) from the free throw line, while recording five assists and seven
steals.
Hill had a
game-high 22 points in Blackburn's 70-63 win on the road at
Westminster College. She also added six rebounds and four steals. Hill
recorded 15 points and six rebounds earlier in the week in the Beavers'
73-65 overtime victory versus Webster University. |
