DENVER - Utah Valley's Alexis Cortez has been named Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 8 through Jan. 14.
Cortez, a sophomore guard from Tucson, Ariz. (Tucson HS), averaged 13.5 points per game with 7.5 rebounds per game as the Wolverines won a pair on the road at Kansas City and Chicago State. On Thursday, she put up 16 points to go with seven rebounds, three assists and a steal in a 66-59 win against the Roos. She followed that up with 11 points and eight rebounds, also adding three steals, two assists and two blocks in a 68-30 blowout win at Chicago State. She was perfect on her free throws, going 7-for-7, and posted a 1.67 assist-to-turnover ratio on the week.
Other nominees included: CSU Bakersfield's Jazmyne Bartee put up 13 points with 19 rebounds in an overtime win at UT Rio Grande Valley on Thursday … Chicago State's Ines Mata Boix scored 20 points as the Cougars nearly earned the upset win over Seattle U …Grand Canyon's Brie Mobley average 20.0 ppg as the Lopes went 1-1 at NM State and UT Rio Grande Valley … Kansas City's Kristen Moore had two double-digit scoring nights in a pair of close losses at home to Utah Valley and Seattle U … NM State's Brooke Salas led the Aggies in scoring with 17.0 ppg in a pair of home wins over Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield … Seattle U's Alexis Montgomery averaging 19.5 ppg with 7.5 rpg as the Redhawks earned a pair of wins on the road … UT Rio Grande Valley's Laura Van Tilburg had 20 points with eight rebounds in an overtime loss to CSU Bakersfield.