Big South Announces Women's Basketball Players of the Week - Nov. 13
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Presbyterian College senior guard
Cortney Storey (Fayetteville, Tenn.) has been named the Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Liberty guard
Ashtyn Baker (Nesbit. Mass.) has been named the Freshman of the Week for games played in the opening week of the season, it was announced today by the Conference office.
Storey averaged 20.0 points and 54.5 percent from behind the 3-point line in Presbyterian’s West Coast swing at San Diego State and UCLA to open the 2017-18 season. The guard dropped in 22 points, shot 58.8 percent (10-for-17) from the field and grabbed six rebounds in the opener at SDSU on Friday. She followed the performance with 18 points, including four treys, and three assists against nationally-ranked UCLA on Sunday.
Baker was a consistent piece to Liberty’s offense, as the Lady Flames advanced to the second round of the Preseason WNIT last weekend. In LU’s opening-round victory over Old Dominion on Friday, the freshman dropped in eight points and a team-high three assists in her first career appearance. On Sunday, against defending WNIT champion Michigan, she led the team in assists again with three and shot 50 percent from the floor to finish with six points.
Also nominated for Player of the Week:
Summer Price (Campbell),
Tierra Huntsman (Gardner-Webb),
Emma Bockrath (High Point),
Jen Falconer (Radford) and
Khaila Webb (UNC Asheville).
Also nominated for Freshman of the Week:
Jiselle Thomas (High Point) and
Kayla Brown (Winthrop).