Sunday, January 25, 2009

Big Sky Big Timer: Kate Kevorken


There were some great performances around the league this weekend in some important games. Weber State finally got their first conference win against NAU, Northern Colorado got a big OT win over MSU to solidify their place in the league, and Sac State got a nice road win over Weber State. As far as individuals go, it was a tough decision this week. Congratulations this week to Kate Kevorken of Northern Colorado.

The sophomore swing forward scored 11 points in the second half for a game total of 15 in the Bears’ win over Montana State on Thursday night. In the OT game she was 5-7 from the free throw line. She chipped in 8 rebounds and 3 assists. In Saturday’s loss to UM, she finished with a game high 23 points and was 12-13 from the free throw line. She also had 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. The weekend split, following last weekend's win over Eastern Washington, has the Bears solidly in third place in the conference standings. However, the Bears will spend a good deal of the second half of conference play on the road.

Honorable Mentions

Julie Piper (EWU)
Piper scored a game high 23 points and pulled down 11 boards in EWU’s loss to PSU. She was 9-16 from the floor.

Courtney Stoermer (NCU) Stoermer finished with 22 points in her team’s win over MSU. 18 of those came in the second half. She was 9-12 from the charity stripe and had 4 rebounds and 3 steals. Against UM, she contributed 16 points and added 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

Sonya Rogers (UM) Rogers scored a team high 21 points on 9-17 shooting. She added 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Erica Perry (MSU)
The point guard scored a career high 20 points and pulled down a career high 9 boards in MSU’s loss to NCU. She also added 5 assists and 6 steals.

Atty Boyer (SAC) Boyer notched 29 points on 11-19 shooting and added 9 rebounds in Thursday’s road win at Weber State. She followed that up with a game high 11 rebounds in SAC’s loss to ISU on Saturday, but only scored 4 points on 1-6 shooting.

Kelli Valentine (PSU) The sophomore led PSU in rebounding (9) and tied for the lead in scoring (14), in the Vikings win over EWU.

Michelle Grohs (ISU) Grohs had two double-doubles on the weekend with a team-high 16 points and 11 rebounds in a loss to NAU, and 13 points and 10 rebounds in a win over SAC. She also added 5 assists in that game.

Tonya Schnibbe (WSU) Schnibbe had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in the Wildcats’ loss to SAC on Thursday. The Point guard dished out 8 assists and scored 12 points as Weber broke its 8 game losing streak on Saturday against NAU.

Oana Iacovita (ISU
) Iacovita led her team in scoring in both games over the weekend scoring 16 points against NAU and 19 points against SAC. She averaged 4 rebounds and 2 blocks on the weekend.

Janelle Matthews (NAU) Matthews was 6-10 from behind the arc on the way to 23 points in NAU’s win over ISU on Thursday. She also chipped in 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals while playing the entire 40 minutes. She cooled off a bit in the team’s loss to WSU, going 4-12 from the field and 0-2 from long distance for 11 points , 2 steals, and 2 boards.

Caitlin Anderson (WSU) Anderson had 20 points and 17 rebounds in Saturday’s win over NAU, but was limited to 4 points and 7 rebounds on Thursday night.

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