Conference Carolinas Announces Basketball Players of the Week
Limestone’s West
Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 17,
2012
High Point, N.C. –
Limestone College’s Kaileigh West has been selected as the
NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's basketball Player of
the Week during week number eight of the 2011-2012 season. West, a
senior forward from Jacksonville, Ill., delivered a tremendous
performance in her lone opportunity of the week as she helped
Limestone women's basketball to a dominating 88-64 victory at
Pfeiffer on Saturday, January 14. In that game, she patrolled the
paint as she put up a game-high 26 points in 26 minutes, eight
rebounds, three assists and a steal. For the game she shot an
incredible 12-of-13 from the field for a mark of .923. Limestone is
currently 12-4 overall on the season leading the West Division
standings at 6-0 in league play.
King’s Hewitt
Takes Third Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Honor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 17,
2012
High Point, N.C. – King
College’s Brian Hewitt has been selected as the NCAA Division
II Conference Carolinas men's basketball Player of the Week during
week number eight of the 2011-2012 season. This is the third time
this year he has won this honor, taking the award on week two and
week four of the season. Hewitt set a new season-high with 34
points in the Tornado's 19 point come-from-behind 70-66 road win
against Coker. The 6-3 senior guard from Lexington, KY hit north of
50 percent of his shots both from the field and from distance in
the win while also leading the team with eight rebounds. In their
92-81 victory over Belmont Abbey, Hewitt again led the team in
scoring with 23 points and also dished out four assists. In his two
games combined, he shot .559 from the field and .474 from
three-point range. His shooting has helped the Tornado to post a
14-3 overall record and remain undefeated in league play with a 6-0
mark to lead the league’s west division standings while also
posting the most three-point makes per game in NCAA Division
II.