DENVER - UT Rio Grande Valley's Bernesha Peters has been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 4 through Jan. 10.
Peters, a freshman guard from Spring, Texas (Spring HS), led the WAC in scoring on the opening weekend of conference play, putting up 19 points and 20 points in wins over Grand Canyon and Utah Valley. Against Grand Canyon, she was 6-for-9 from the field, including three three-pointers, and also added a pair of blocks to help the Vaqueros earn a blowout win. Against Utah Valley, she was a perfect on all four free throw attempts, also adding three assists and steals as the Vaqueros opened up conference play with a pair of wins.
Other nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Batabe Zempare averaged 9.0 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game to open WAC play … Missouri-Kansas City's Taylor Leathers carded her first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Seattle U, adding 15 points and nine rebounds in a win at CSU Bakersfield … NM State's Moriah Mack scored 21 points in the Aggies' WAC-opening win over Utah Valley, also adding four assists in the victory … Seattle U's Kaylee Best led the Redhawks to a conference-opening win with 20 points in a 69-63 victory over UMKC.