KATIE WATERS OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a junior guard from San Francisco, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played through Sunday, January 5th.

Waters led Colorado College to a pair of conference wins over Centenary this past weekend, averaging 22.5 pts/gm and 5.0 reb/gm throughout the two games while shooting 72% from the field. 

Waters scored eight points and pulled down eight boards in a 67-56 loss to Northern New Mexico two weekends ago after the Christmas holidays.

Waters scored 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting to go with five rebounds and a steal to earn the Tigers first win of the season over the Ladies. She would follow that up with a career-high 26 points, including shooting 9-for-10 from the field, in a second win over Centenary. With the score tied at 58-58, Waters scored the first five points and eight overall in a decisive 15-7 run to close out the game. 

For the season, Waters is averaging 9.3 pts/gm and 3.0 reb/gm. She is currently seventh in the conference with a field goal percentage of 44.4%. 

Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Sophomore forward Kendall Heitmeier of Austin College had a big week scoring the ball for Austin College, going off for a career high 24 against UT-Dallas and finishing the week with an average of 16.5 points while shooting 47.8% from the field, 62.5% from three, and 75% from the free throw line in two games. Junior forward Briana Edwards of Centenary averaged a double-double over the three games including a 22 point, 19 rebound, four steal, five block game against Hendrix while tying the mark for career blocks at 106. Senior guard Marleyna Bustamante of Dallas produced a stellar week for Dallas, helping her team go 3-0 and build a season-long, four-game winning streak. The senior guard combined for 48 points, averaging 16 per contest, and included a season-high 19 in a 64-63 victory at Austin College. Bustamante shot 58.1-percent from the field through the trio of games. Senior foward Jordan Owens of Southwestern averaged a double-double in two games with 19.5 points and 11 rebounds per game. Southwestern lost in double overtime to Concordia but rebounded with a fiery win over Texas Lutheran to open SCAC action. Senior guard Karisa Cantu of Texas Lutheran led the team in scoring for the weekend and scored a season-high 20 points in a come-from-behind win against LeTourneau while eading her team in assists in all three games and never notching less than four as well as seven steals. Senior guard Hannah Coley of Trinity led Trinity to a 3-0 record over the past two weeks, pushing the team's winning streak to nine games by beating McMurry, UW-Eau Claire, and UT-Dallas. Coley paced the Tigers with 15.0 points/game to go with 3.0 assists/game over the three victories, adding 2.7 rebounds/game, three blocks, and a pair of steals against just one turnover. Schreiner did not nomiante anyone.