December 17, 2007
SLIAC ANNOUNCES ATHLETES OF THE WEEK FOR DECEMBER 10-16

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the Athletes of the Week for the week of December 10-16.

MEN’S BASKETBALL
Maryville University’s Matt Baker, a sophomore from Longmont, Colo. (Skyline), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 10-16.

Baker, a forward, scored 14 points, grabbed three rebounds and had a career-high three blocked shots in the Saints’ loss to Coe College (70-64).  He shot 6-of-8 from the field, including 1-of-2 from behind the arc in the contest.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Eureka College’s Nicole Fisher, a senior from Canton, Ill., has been named the SLIAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 10-16.  It marks Fisher’s second straight Player of the Week selection.

Fisher, a forward, scored 28 points and grabbed 29 rebounds in two games last week, and has recorded a double-double in five of her last six games.  She shot 54.5 percent from the floor (12-of-22) and had four steals and three assists during the week that saw the Red Devils fall to Monmouth (Ill.) College (62-43) and Knox College (53-47).

Playing 40 minutes for the fifth consecutive game, Fisher scored seven points, had 11 rebounds, three steals, an assist and a block against Monmouth.  She out-rebounded last year’s Division III leading rebounder, Ashley Yeast, 11-8.

Fisher registered her fifth double-double in eight outings with a 21 point-18 rebound performance at Knox, recording game-highs in both categories.  It was the fourth time in five contests she had at least 15 rebounds.  She led the Red Devils back from an 11-point halftime deficit with a 15 point-13 rebound second half.