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SCAC Players-of-the-Week
(11/20/06)
Men's
Basketball
MATT NESTHEIDE OF CENTRE
COLLEGE, a 6-0, 170-pound
junior guard
from Edgewood, Ky., and ANDREW TULOWITZKY OF OGLETHORPE
UNIVERSITY, a 5-11,
175-pound senior guard from Douglasville, Ga., have been selected
the SCAC Men's Basketball Co-Players-of-the-Week for games played
from Friday, November 17 through Sunday, November 19.
Nestheide led the Colonels to two season-opening wins and was
named the MVP of the Pepsi/Sodexho Invitational Tournament.
Nestheide averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 assists 2.5 rebounds and 2.0
steals per game in the tournament. In Centre's 84-60 win over
Virginia-Wise, the junior guard scored 14 points and had seven
assists. One day later he returned to score a game-high 26 points
with four rebounds, four assists and three steals in an 82-66 win
over Berea in the championship game. For the tournament,
Nestheide made nine of his 18 shots (50.0%), including four of
nine (44.4%) from long distance and 18-23 (78.3%) from the free
throw line, while averaging 34 minutes per game.
Tulowitzky averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists
and 2.0 steals in leading the Petrels to victories in their first
two games of the 2006-07 season. He had 21 points against Carver
Bible and 22 the following day against North Carolina Wesleyan.
Tulowitzky shot 65.0% (13-20) from the field, including 64.3%
(9-14) from three-point range. He sank 88.9% (8-9) from the charity
stripe.
Women's
Basketball
TORI HUGGINS OF
HENDRIX COLLEGE,
a 5-4 senior guard from Clinton, Ark., has been selected the SCAC
Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played from Friday, November
18 through Sunday, November 20.
Huggins
averaged 30.0 points a game as the
Warriors picked up victories over Rhema Bible and Westminster (Mo.)
at the Rhodes College Tip-Off Classic. She had a high of 37 points
in the win over Westminster. For the week, Huggins, a
preseason Women's DIII News All-America selection, shot 58.8%
from the floor, 30% from behind the arch and 89.5% from the free
throw line. She also averaged 4.0 rebounds a game and had five
assists, three steals and one block on the week.
Men's Swimming
WILL JENKINS OF CENTRE
COLLEGE, a
first-year swimmer from St. Louis Park, Minn.,
has been selected the SCAC Men's Swimmer-of-the-Week for meets
swum the week of Monday, November 13 through Sunday, November 19.
Jenkins won two events at the Rowan cup individual meet
held in Glasboro, New Jersey. The first-year swimmer won the 500
free in a time of 5:02.26 and the 1000 free in a time of 10:23.44,
which set a new school record in the event. Jenkins won the
500 by .11 seconds, coming back from a 3.2 second deficit with 100
yards to go.
Men's Diving
RYAN COOK OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY,
a junior from Katy, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Men's
Diver-of-the-Week for meets the week of Monday, November 13 through Sunday, November
19.
Cook
captured wins in both the 1- and 3-meter diving
events at the Southwestern Collegiate Invitational in Dallas this
past weekend. Cook scored 257.50 points while taking the
1-meter and 268.50 points on his way to the 3-meter victory, topping
teammate Travis Mills on each occasion.
Women's
Swimming
MARIA LOPEZ
OF TRINITY
UNIVERSITY, a first-year swimmer from Mexico City, Mexico,
has been selected the SCAC Women's Swimmer-of-the-Week for meets
swum the week of Monday, November 13 through Sunday, November 19.
Lopez
won four individual events at the
Southwestern
Collegiate Invitational in Dallas, leading the Tigers to a win over
McMurry University, Southwestern University, Austin College and
Hendrix College. Lopez set a new Trinity school record of
4:36.41 in the 400
individual medley, achieving an NCAA provisional "Q" time and
breaking Christy Jayne's former TU standard in the process. In
addition to her sterling performance in the long IM, she also won
the 200 IM (2:14.84), the 100 breaststroke (1:11.52), and the 200
breaststroke (2:30.56).
Women's
Diving
LINDSAY MARTIN OF
TRINITY UNIVERSITY,
a first-year diver from Longview, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Women's
Diver-of-the-Week for meets the week of Monday, November 13 through Sunday,
November 19.
Martin
won both the 1- and 3-meter diving events for Trinity
University at the Southwestern Collegiate Invitational in Dallas,
achieving the first "double" win of her career. In the 1-meter
competition, Martin edged out teammate Lauren Walstad by a
score of 219.10 to 217.55; on the 3-meter board, the margin of
victory was 234.80 to 222.75 as both Martin and Walstad
demonstrated their potential for future successes. Martin's
wins are all the more impressive in light of the fact that Walstad
is the SCAC's reigning Diver-of-the-Year.
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