INDIANAPOLIS -- Detroit junior Rosanna Reynolds (Canton, Mich.) is the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while Oakland’s Taylor Jones (Detroit, Mich.) is the Freshman of the Week for the week of Jan. 4-10.
Detroit defeated three conference opponents last week with wins over Cleveland State, Valparaiso and UIC. Facing the Vikings, the Titans hit a season-high 13 triples as four players scored in double figures in the 82-68 victory at Calihan Hall for the team’s first conference victory of the year and head coach Bernard Scott’s first of his career. Detroit then improved to 2-1 in the League on the road at Valparaiso where the squad rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to capture a 72-66 win. To close out the week, the Titans took on UIC at the UIC Pavilion and were able to clinch a 89-80 victory as the team shot a season-high 50.9 percent (28-of-55) for the contest. This is the first time since the 2011-12 season that Detroit has posted a 3-1 League record.
Reynolds was a consistent presence Detroit over the course of the team’s three victories as the junior posted a season-best eight assists at Valparaiso and a season-high 26 points at UIC. Reynolds averaged 19.5 ppg for the week as well as 5.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists to help lead Detroit to its stellar League start. The junior captain also hit 50 percent (19-for-38) of her shots from the floor in addition to sinking four triples and going 17-for-20 (.850) from the charity stripe.
Oakland split the week as the team won at UIC and lost to Valparaiso at the ARC to snap the team’s five-game win streak. At the UIC Pavilion, the Golden Grizzlies captured the 78-76 win after 14 lead changes in the contest. In the loss at Valparaiso, Oakland could not overcome a slow first quarter and fell to the Crusaders 81-66.
Jones led Oakland for the week with a team-high 21 points at UIC and 15 points at Valparaiso to average 18.0 ppg for the week. The freshman made a career-high 11-of-12 free throws at the ARC while going 20-for-22 (.909) over the two contests. In addition, Jones also averaged 4.0 rpg, 2.5 apg and 2.5 apg for the Golden Grizzlies.
Detroit and Oakland both take on Wright State and Northern Kentucky this week at home. On Thursday, January 14 the Titans square-off with the Raiders while the Golden Grizzlies host the Norse with both matches beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET. The teams switch opponents on Saturday with Oakland taking on Wright State at 11:00 a.m. ET and Detroit facing Northern Kentucky at Noon ET. All games will be streamed live on ESPN3.
Top Players of the Week:
Nikki Arbanas, Youngstown State (So., G): Made seven triples and tied her career high with 25 points in the win over Milwaukee. In addition, made three three-pointers and scored 13 points against Green Bay.
Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., G): Scored 22 points with eight rebounds and four assists in the win over Northern Kentucky.
Taylor Gleason, Oakland (So., G): Posted a career-high of 15 points and 10 assists to tab her first career double-double over UIC while also garnering five assists. In addition, scored 11 points, three steals and three assists at Valparaiso.
Steph Kostowicz, Milwaukee (So., F): Led Milwaukee in scoring during both games over the week to average 16.0 ppg and tied a career-high of 18 points in win over Cleveland State.
Kendyl Nunn, UIC (Jr., F): Posted a career-high of 25 points against Detroit and a season-high of 11 rebounds. For the week, averaged 23.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 1.5 bpg.
Christine Roush, Northern Kentucky (Sr., G): Scored 13 of her 16 points in the second half to fuel comeback against Wright State and has now had 13 games in double digits so far this season.
Jasmyn Walker, Valparaiso (So., F): Recorded two double-doubles this week while setting a career-high in points with 23 versus Oakland and a career-high in rebounds with 16 against Detroit.
Top Freshmen of the Week:
Ashtani Abshaw, Cleveland State (F): Tied her career-high of 13 rebounds in game against Detroit while averaging just shy of a double-double this week with 11.0 ppg and 9.3 rpg.
Molly Glick, Northern Kentucky (F): Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds over Wright State while scoring nine points.
Meredith Hamlet, Valparaiso (G): Recorded a 13.5 ppg average this week with a career-high of 6 rebounds against Oakland.
Brittney Jackson, Detroit (G): Averaged 7.3 ppg and 3.0 apg in Detroit’s 3-0 week while scoring a career-high 12 points over Cleveland State.
Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (G): Went for six points, six rebounds and four assists in the win over Northern Kentucky.
Players of the Week
Nov. 9: Kaili Lukan, Green Bay (Sr., G)
Nov. 16: Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., G)
Nov. 23: Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., G)
Nov. 30: Allie LeClaire, Green Bay (So., G)
Dec. 6: Sarah Cash, Youngstown State (So., F)
Dec. 13: Allie LeClaire, Green Bay (So., G)
Dec. 20: Olivia Nash, Oakland (Sr., G)
Dec. 27: Sarah Cash, Youngstown State (So., F)
Jan. 4: Rosanna Reynolds, Detroit (Jr., G)
Freshmen of the Week
Nov. 9: Taylor Jones, Oakland (Fr., G)
Nov. 16: Molly Glick, Northern Kentucky (Fr., F)
Nov. 23: Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (Fr., G)
Nov. 30: Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., F)
Dec. 6: Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (Fr., G)
Dec. 13: Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., F)
Dec. 20: Taylor Jones, Oakland (Fr., G)
Dec. 27: Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (Fr., G)
Jan. 4: Taylor Jones, Oakland (Fr., G
