DENVER – Idaho junior guard Stacey Barr has been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5. This is the third WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and her career for Barr.
The Melbourne, Australia, native led Idaho to a pair of WAC road victories to open the conference season last week. Barr opened the week with 13 points, six rebounds, five assists and a steal in a win at Kansas City. She then recorded her fifth double-double of the season in the Vandals’ win at Chicago State, finishing with a game-high 21 points, 12 rebounds and a season-high six assists. For the week, Barr averaged 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists, all above her season averages, as Idaho opened conference play 2-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season.
Other nominees included: Bakersfield’s Tyonna Outland averaged 18.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals as the Roadrunners went 3-0 on the week ... Layne Murphy of Chicago State averaged 13.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.3 blocks last week ... Grand Canyon’s Deanna Daniels averaged 12.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals on the week ... Kim Nezianya of Kansas City averaged 13.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals as the Kangaroos went 1-1 on the week ... New Mexico State’s Brianna Freeman finished with career highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Aggies went 1-0 on the week ... Sylvia Shephard of Seattle U averaged 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists as the Redhawks went 1-1 on the week ... Texas-Pan American’s Shawnte’ Goff finished with 14 points, four rebounds and three assists in a win over Grand Canyon last week.