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December 30, 2009
- M/W Basketball
SLIAC ANNOUNCES BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF
THE WEEK FOR WEEKS OF DECEMBER 14-27
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)
has announced the basketball players of the week for the weeks of
December 14-27.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Fontbonne University's Joshua Branch, a senior from O'Fallon,
Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West),
has been named the SLIAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the
weeks of December 14-27.
Branch, a 6-0 guard, averaged 20 points
and shot 15-of-26 (.577) from the field and 7-of-8 (.875) from the
charity stripe in two games played. He also tallied eight rebounds, six
assists, two steals and one block.
Branch had 26
points on 11-of-15 (.733) shooting in Fontbonne's 75-50 victory versus
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He also recorded six rebounds and
six rebounds in the win. Branch added 14 points in the Griffins' 82-64
loss to nationally ranked #1 Washington University-St. Louis.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Eureka College's Lisa Byard, a sophomore from
Morton, Ill., has been named the SLIAC Women's Basketball Player
of the Week for the weeks of December 14-27. This marks the second time
this season that she has earned the honor.
Byard, a 6-1 forward, averaged 24 points
and 10.5 rebounds in two games played. She also recorded four assists,
two steals and one block, while also shooting 19-of-32 (.594) from the
field and 10-of-13 (.769) from the charity stripe.
Byard scored 22 points and grabbed 14
rebounds in an 86-79 loss to Knox College. She added 26 points on
11-of-14 (.786) shooting from the field and grabbed seven rebounds in
Eureka's 75-61 loss to Dominican University (Ill.).
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