ANNIE BOURNE OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a senior forward from Dallas, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, February 8th.

With12 rebounds on senior night, Bourne moved atop the SCAC in career rebounds with 1,090 for her career while averaging 11.0 rebounds per game for her career. Bourne surpasses Katy Williams, who played at Austin College from 2006-2010, with 1,083 career rebounds. She is now only eight points shy of 1,000 points. 

As special as that was for Bourne, her big weekend propelled the Pirates to a pair of huge wins over Trinity and Schreiner while propelling Southwestern to the top of the SCAC Standings, where they sit alone.

Bourne averaged 12.5 pts/gm over the weekend, shooting 11-for-21 from the field, 1-for-2 from behind the arch, and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line. She added 11.5 reb/gm and 2.5 ast/gm to complete a very well-rounded weekend.

Bourne began the weekend with a 12 points, 18 rebound outing against the Tigers in a 61-52 victory to take control of first place in the SCAC Standings. Her 18 rebound outing brought her withing five rebounds of tying the record. She would accomplish and break that against Schreiner, where she finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists in the win.  

For the season, Bourne leads the league with 12.2 reb/gm as well as minutes/gm with 33.4. She is third in the league in shooting percentage at 50.9% and eighth in the league in assists (50) and blocks (15). 

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Kendall Heitmeier of Austin College was on fire all weekend, leading the 'Roos in scoring with 13.5 points per game and shooting 66.7% from the field, 50% from three point range, and a perfect 100% from the free throw line as the 'Roos went 2-0. Heitmeier also only had one turnover between the two games. In a win over Centenary, Heitmeier played just 12 minutes but hit 5-of-6 shots to score 12 points. Senior guard Courtney Tyus of Colorado College became the 11th player in the 40-year history of Colorado College women's basketball to record at least 1,000 career points on Saturday night at Dallas. Tyus, who recorded 12 of her 14 points during the second half, reached the milestone when she scored on a layup with 14:01 remaining in the contest. The senior guard also dished out seven assists to join Melanie Auguste (2005-09) as the only Tigers to record 400 or more. Senior forward Brooke Hagemann of Dallas helped Dallas post three wins this week, including a pair versus conference opponents. The native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma averaged 13.7 points-per-game (ppg) overall and 15.0 ppg against league foes. Highlighting her historic week was a double-double against Centenary where the forward delivered 20 points and 10 rebounds. Her final basket of the contest eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau. She's the second player this season to accomplish the feat and second to do so this season. Junior guard Taylor Dydalewicz of Texas Lutheran continued her scoring binge over the weekend, leading the Bulldogs by scoring 18.5 points per contest. Her production helped TLU to a pair of huge wins, propelling the Bulldogs up the conference standings.  On Friday, Dydalewicz, the conference's leading scorer, poured in 27 points in 31 minutes against Schreiner. She finished one rebound shy of a double-double for the second straight game and made hay at the free throw line, sinking a career-high 16-of-17 from the stripe. Junior forward Anecia Richardson of Trinity averaged 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game on the road last weekend, as the Tigers suffered a pair of narrow losses in SCAC play. Centenary and Schreiner did not nominate anyone.