DENVER – Utah State senior guard Devyn Christensen has been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 19-25. This is her first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the second of her career.
The Caldwell, Idaho native averaged 28.0 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game as the Aggies won the Great Alaska Shootout with wins over Prairie View A&M (67-66) and Alaska Anchorage (67-57). In the win over Prairie View, Christensen scored 24 points to give the Aggies their first win of the season. She hit a three-pointer, one of six on the game, with eight seconds left on the clock to give USU the 67-66 win. She also added a career-high eight assists. In USU’s win against UAA, Christensen had a career-high 32 points, once again hitting six treys. For her efforts, she was named MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout. For the week, she shot 42.5 percent from the field (17-of-40) and 42.9 percent from downtown (12-of-28). She also added 12 assists and eight steals in the two games. The tournament title was the first ever for Utah State.
Other nominees included: Denver’s Morgan Van Riper-Rose finished with 21 points and four assists in a win over UC Irvine ... Jelena Vucinic of Louisiana Tech led the Lady Techsters to their first win of the season with 17 points, four assists and four steals against previously unbeaten Central Arkansas ... New Mexico State’s Sasha Weber averaged 12.3 points as the Aggies went 2-1 on the week ... Sylvia Shephard of Seattle U averaged 20.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals en route to MVP honors as the Redhawks won the Washington Dental Service Thanksgiving Tournament ... UT Arlington’s Malaika Green finished with 28 points, four assists and three steals in a loss to Memphis ... Kamra King of UTSA averaged 14.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals as the Roadrunners went 2-0 on the week ... Texas State’s Diamond Ford averaged 24.0 points, 4.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists as the Bobcats went 1-1 on the week.