Vandersloot Tabbed WCC Player of the Week
12/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2010
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Courtney Vandersloot was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week after she helped the Bulldogs to a 2-0 record this past week.
Vandersloot averaged 30.0 points, 7.5 assists and 3.5 steals while hitting 56.8 percent from the field and sinking all 13 free throw attempts.
The point guard started the week scoring a career-high 33 points at Eastern Washington University Friday, including 23 in the first half. She hit 12-of-17 from the floor, 3-of-3 from beyond the 3-point arc and sank 6-of-6 free throws to finish with her new career high; besting her previous high by one point. Vandersloot, the first person to score 30-plus points since Heather Bowman tallied 31 against the University of San Diego on Feb. 25, 2009, scored her previous high of 32 points in the Bulldogs 80-77 setback to Marquette University on Nov. 28, 2008. Vandersloot followed that performance up by scoring 27 points in the Zags win at the University of Montana. She hit 9-of-20 from the floor, 2-of-4 3-pointers and 7-of-7 at the free throw line. She also handed out seven assists, made four steals and blocked two shots.
This is ninth career West Coast Conference Player of the Week honor for Vandersloot.
Also nominated this week was Candice Nichols of Loyola Marymount University; Lauren Bell of Pepperdine University and Louella Tomlinson of Saint Mary's College.
