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Women's
Basketball
Bracey
Earns Valley Player of the Week Honor
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[December 18, 2007]
NORMAL -- Sophomore forward
Ashleen Bracey is enjoying the best four-game stretch of her career,
and her effort has been recognized by the Missouri Valley
Conference. Bracey was named the Valley Player of the Week on
Monday, based on her performance in ISU's win over Miami (Ohio) on
Sunday. It was the first honor of Bracey's career and the first for
a Redbird this season.
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Bracey recorded her third double-double in the last four games, with
16 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against the RedHawks. She is
the first Redbird to have that many double-doubles in such a short
stretch since Kenyatta Shelton had four double-doubles in five games
in 2006-07. It was her fourth consecutive game with at least seven
made field goals and at least nine rebounds. Bracey scored 10 points
in the first half during a 34-10 Redbird run that turned a 10-9
deficit into a 43-20 lead.
Over the last four games, Bracey is averaging a double-double
with 16.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg, both tops on the team, while shooting
63.3 percent from the field. She has a team-best 31 field goals
during that stretch, while the teammate closest to her, junior guard
Kristi Cirone, has 19. The Oak Park native leads the Valley in field
goal percentage (.550) and is second in rebounding (8.3 rpg) and
tied for 22nd in scoring (10.2 ppg).
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The Redbirds continue to lead the Valley, with an 8-1 record, the
second-best start in program history. The Redbirds' eight wins so
far in nonconference play make a school single-season record. ISU
has the top-scoring offense in the Valley (77.9 ppg) and leads the
conference in field goal percentage (.477), 3-point field goal
percentage (.477), rebounding margin (plus 6.1), assists (19.8 apg)
and assists-to-turnover ratio (1.35).
Illinois State returns home for the first time in nearly three
weeks to host Western Illinois (3-6) on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m.
[Text from file received from
Jimmy Knodel,
assistant media relations director,
Illinois
State University] |
