INDIANAPOLIS -- Wright State senior Kim Demmings (Richmond, Ind.) is the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while Cleveland State’s Ashanti Abshaw (Cleveland Heights, Mich.) is the Freshman of the Week for the week of Jan. 11-17.
Wright State remained unbeaten in conference play with two road wins this week at Detroit and Oakland. The Raiders shot 46 percent for the game in the 89-71 win over the Titans while four student-athletes tabbed double figures. At the O’Rena against the Golden Grizzlies, Wright State had to rally in the fourth quarter in order to pull off the 77-72 victory. Although the Raiders led for a majority of the contest, the game saw 12 lead changes and was tied two times.
Demmings became Wright State’s all-time leading scorer in both men’s and women’s basketball passing Bill Edwards (2303 points from 1989-93) after tying the record at Detroit and breaking it against Oakland. Facing the Titans, the senior scored 25 points going 10-for-17 from the field and 4-for-8 from beyond the arc in addition to six rebounds and four assists. A couple days later versus the Golden Grizzlies, Demmings tallied 17 points, three rebounds and three assists in the win. For the week she averaged 21.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 3.5 apg.
Cleveland State captured its first conference win of the year against Youngstown State on Saturday 75-68. The team had four players reach double figures in the contest during the back-and-forth game that displayed 13 lead changes and six tied scores.
Abshaw led the Vikings to victory with a career-high 23 point performance to mark her fourth 20-point game of the season. In addition, the freshman collected a team-high 10 rebounds to tab a double-double for her fifth time this year and sixth double-digit rebounding game. Abshaw went 8-for-15 (.533) from the field, 3-for-5 (.600) from three-point range and grabbed three steals to cap-off her outing.
Wright State welcomes Milwaukee to the Nutter Center on Thursday, January 21 for a 7:00 p.m. ET tip-off while Cleveland State is at Valparaiso beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. Both teams compete on Saturday, January 23 with the Raiders hosting Green Bay at 2:00 p.m. ET and the Vikings at UIC for a 6:00 p.m. ET contest.
Top Players of the Week:
Sarah Cash, Youngstown State (So., F): Posted 19 points and eight rebounds versus Cleveland State while going 7-for-8 from the field. Cash is also third in the country in field goal percentage.
Steph Kostowicz, Milwaukee (So., F): Posted career-highs in points with 20, steals with six and assists with five against Valparaiso. Also grabbed 11 rebounds versus the Crusaders to mark her fourth double-double of the year.
Olivia Nash, Oakland (Sr., F): Posted fifth double-double of the season with 24 points and 14 rebounds versus Northern Kentucky to become Oakland’s all-time leader in double-doubles in the DI era. Scored a career-high of 28 points and field goals made (12-for-19) with 14 rebounds against Wright State.
Rosanna Reynolds, Detroit (Jr., G): Reached 1,000 career points after averaging 18.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg this past week for Detroit. Scored a game-high of 18 points in the Titan’s win over Northern Kentucky.
Kaseey Uetrecht, Northern Kentucky (So., F): Scored a team-high 21 points against Oakland on Thursday night while going 10-for-12 from the free throw line to set career highs in attempts and makes.
Top Freshmen of the Week:
Emma Roenneburg, Milwaukee (F): Scored a career-high 12 points against Valparaiso and dished out four assists.
Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State (G): Scored 19 points with five rebounds and four assists over Detroit and tabbed 18 points, five rebounds and two steals in win at Oakland.
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)
Jan. 11: Kim Demmings, Wright State (Sr., 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)
Jan. 11: Ashtani Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., F)
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