Monday, December 2, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kiki Robertson of Alaska Anchorage and Austin Bragg of Western Washington have been selected as the GNAC Red Lion Basketball Players of the Week for the Week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Female - Kiki Robertson, Alaska Anchorage (G, 5-7, Fr., Honolulu, HI – Mid-Pacific) averaged 16 ½ points and grabbed a dozen rebounds in a pair of games against Division I competition in the Great Alaska Shootout. Robertson averaged 34 minutes on the court, contributing a GNAC-high 12 steals and 11 assists in a victory against UC Riverside and a loss to Georgetown. 

Honorable Mention – Annie DePuydt, MSU Billings (G, 5-8, Jr., Saco, MT – Saco-Whitewater); Chantel Divilbiss, Western Oregon (G, 5-7, Sr., Moscow, ID – North Idaho); Tia Briggs, Western Washington (C, 6-1, Fr., Tacoma, WA – Wilson); Jessica VanDyke, Central Washington (G, 5-9, Sr., Chester, MT); Megan Hingston, Northwest Nazarene (G, 5-9, Sr., Keizer, OR – McNary).

Male - Austin Bragg, Western Washington (C, 6-9, Sr., Longview, WA – Clark CC) scored 20 points and also had 13 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the Vikings to a 72-69 win over No. 1 ranked Metro State.  Bragg hit a driving layup with 11.8 seconds to give WWU, which ran its home win streak to a school and GNAC-record 31 games, a four-point lead.

Honorable Mention -  Rodney Webster, Western Oregon (G, 6-1, Sr., Hanford, CA (Fresno City CC); Patrick Simon, Seattle Pacific (F, 6-8, Sr., Ephrata, WA);  Mario Donaldson, Northwest Nazarene (G, 6-3, Sr., Rockton, IL – Ellsworth CC); Kyle Fossman, Alaska Anchorage (G, 6-0, Sr., Haines, AK); Jeff Budinich, Central Washington (F/C, 6-10, Sr., Maple Valley, WA – Montana State).