DENVER – Bakersfield junior guard Tyonna Outland has been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 17-23. This is her fourth WAC Player of the Week honor of the season.
The Compton, Calif., native led Bakersfield to a 2-0 record last week with wins over Kansas City and Chicago State. Outland opened the week by tying the program Division I record for points in a game with 36 to go along with eight rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. She also tied the school Division I school record for field goals made in a game with 14 and shot 51.9 percent against the ‘Roos. Against Chicago State, Outland finished with team highs of 19 points and eight rebounds to go along with a game-high five assists against no turnovers. For the week, she averaged 27.5 points on 54 percent shooting, 8.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals. Outland entered the week averaging 20.3 points on 43 percent shooting, 6.0 rebounds, 2.35 assists and 1.57 steals.
Other nominees included: Chicago State’s Tashuna Brown averaged 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 block last week ... Johnna Brown of Grand Canyon averaged 10.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals as the Antelopes went 1-1 on the week ... Idaho’s Alyssa Charlston finished with 17 points, three rebounds, one block and one steal in a road win at Grand Canyon ... Kim Nezianya of Kansas City averaged 20.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks in a pair of losses ... New Mexico State’s Danesia Williamson finished with 22 points, seven assists, four rebounds, two blocks and a steal in a win over Texas-Pan American ... Brittany Bush of UTPA finished with 16 points, 17 rebounds and two blocks in a loss to the Aggies ... Utah Valley’s Katie Kuklok averaged 20.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists as the Wolverines won two games in a row for just the second time all season.