January 14, 2008
SLIAC ANNOUNCES ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FOR JANUARY 7-13

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the Athletes of the Week for the week of January 7-13.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Fontbonne University's Patrick McCoy, a junior from Salem, Mo., has been named the SLIAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of January 7-13. This is the second consecutive week that he has earned the honor.

McCoy, a 6-0 guard, a career-high 44 points versus Principia College last Saturday. He netted a Fontbonne and SLIAC record 13 three-point field goal and finished 14-of-23 (.608) from the field and 13-of-20 (.650) from behind the arc. McCoy also scored 19 points in an 81-63 victory versus Eureka College last week.

Fontbonne extended their current win streak to six games and now stands at 9-3 overall and 4-1 in the SLIAC.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Maryville University's Kim Douglas, a junior from St. Peters, Mo. (Francis Howell Central), has been named the SLIAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of January 7-13.

Douglas, a 5-10 guard, led the Saints with a career-high 16 points in a 70-51 victory versus Greenville College. She shot 5-of-10 (.500) from the field, 4-of-9 (.444) from three-point range, 2-of-2 (1.000) from the charity stripe and had three rebounds, one assist and one steal to help Maryville remain as the lone undefeated team in the SLIAC. Douglas also added 11 points, four rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block in an 82-36 non-conference victory versus Lincoln Christian.

Maryville extended their regular season conference win streak to 64 games, just four games shy of breaking the all-time NCAA Division III record. The Saints, who are 9-3 overall and 4-0 in the SLIAC, also currently have a five game overall win streak.