Women's Basketball Weekly Release #12

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Feb. 7, 2005

Player of the Week
Tiffany Mor, UW-Green Bay, Senior, Forward, Appleton, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran
Mor led the Phoenix on the offensive end in a pair of convincing Horizon League wins as UW-Green Bay became the first team in the NCAA to total 10 wins against conference/league foes this season. Against Butler Jan. 31, Mor posted 16 points and led the team with three steals as UW-Green Bay defeated the Bulldogs 70-52. Then, at Wright State Feb. 5, Mor and the Phoenix ended a two-game losing streak at the Nutter Center as Mor led all scorers with 22 points in a 73-46 win over the Raiders. Mor, who leads the League in scoring, field-goal percentage and blocked shots, averaged 19 points per game and shot 70 percent from the floor for the week.

Other Top Performers
Jackie Closser, Butler, Sophomore, Guard, Alexandria, Ind./Monroe
Closser sparked the Bulldogs to two League wins last week with hot shooting and steady court leadership. The 5'5" guard hit a career-high six three-pointers in Thursday's win over Detroit, one shy of the school record. Playing all 40 minutes, Closser had 18 points, five rebounds and five assists. In Saturday's win over Cleveland State, Closser scored 16 points and posted six assists against no turnovers. For the week, Closser hit 50 percent of her trey attempts and scored 12.3 points per game, as the Bulldogs posted a 2-1 record and climbed into fifth place in the League standings.

LaShonda Grant, UIC, Sophomore, Guard, Chicago, Ill./Marshall
Grant posted a game-high, 21 points, including three treys, to lift UIC to its seventh straight win with a 64-50 Horizon League victory against Loyola on Thursday night. For the season, Grant is averaging a team-best 12.9 points per game, while shooting 32.3 percent from three-point range. In League play, the Chicago, Ill., native is pouring in 13.5 points per contest and shooting 36.2 percent from long distance.

Marquise Hanser, Loyola, Sophomore, Guard, Fort Mitchell, Ky./Notre Dame
Hanser tied a school-record by grabbing 21 rebounds in Loyola's win over Youngstown State. She finished with six offensive boards, including one of her own missed free throw in the final minute to help the Ramblers seal the win. Hanser finished that game with her first career double-double, racking up 11 points to go with the 21 boards while adding four assists. She ties the mark originally set by Sherry Metz against Xavier in 1991. The 5'8" point guard averaged 6.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game for the week.

Molly O'Brien, UW-Milwaukee, Junior, Forward, Columbus, Wis./Columbus
O'Brien led Milwaukee to a 2-0 week as she tallied 11 points to go with eight boards, three assists and two steals in a road win at Wright State, before coming back to notch a "double-double" with 14 points and 11 rebounds versus Detroit on Saturday. O'Brien shot 53.8 percent (7-13) from the field, 71.4 percent (5-7) from three-point land, and 100 percent (8-8) from the free-throw line on the week. In addition, O'Brien averaged 13.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 steals in UWM's two victories.

Jeanette Woodberry, Wright State, Sophomore, Guard, Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King
Woodberry recorded a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds to go along with three assists against UW-Milwaukee on Feb. 3. Two days later against UW-Green Bay, Woodberry added eight points and seven rebounds.

Jen Perugini, Youngstown State, Senior, Forward,, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Perugini recorded back-to-back double-doubles against CSU and Loyola. She tallied her eighth double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Cleveland State and her ninth with 18 points and 15 boards against the Ramblers. For the week, Perugini averaged 16 points and 12.5 rebounds per game.

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