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Chrissy Steffen hit a total of seven 3-pointers in last week's two games
Steffen Earns National Player-of-the-Week Honor
January 02, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Falcon junior earns a pair of accolades from College Sports Madness
Bowling Green State University junior Chrissy Steffen earned a pair of national honors from the College Sports Madness web site on Monday (Jan. 2). Steffen was named National High-Major Women's Basketball Player of the Week, and also took home Mid-American Conference P-O-W accolades from the web site.
Click here to see all of the College Sports Madness Jan. 2 awards
Steffen, a native of Carmel, Ind., earns the honors after leading the Falcons to a pair of road wins over Mountain West Conference teams. BGSU defeated Wyoming, 60-53, on Thursday night (Dec. 29), then topped Colorado State by a 70-57 count on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 31).
In the two wins, Steffen averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. She shot 45.2 percent from the field and 35.0% from three-point range, and added 1.5 steals per game on the week.
Steffen had 15 points in the Wyoming game, hitting a game-high three triples vs. the Cowgirls while adding four rebounds and three assists. At Colorado State, Steffen almost singlehandedly lifted the Falcons out of an early-game offensive slump, and finished with a career-high 25 points vs. the Rams.
Her well-rounded stat line at CSU also included seven boards, four assists and three steals. Steffen scored 16 first-half points in a nine-minute stretch. She had her own personal 8-0 run, which came in a 92-second span midway through the period and gave the Falcons the lead for good.
Steffen played the first 38 minutes of the CSU game, and the Falcons had a game-high 19-point lead when she headed to the bench. The Rams scored the game's final six points in those last two minutes.
On the week, Steffen led the Falcons in scoring and tied for the team lead in steals, while ranking second in assists and third in rebounding in the two games.
This season, the junior has 14.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, leading the Brown and Orange in the former category and tying for third in the latter. She also paces the Falcons in three-pointers made (22, 1.7 per game), free throws made (42) and attempted (58) and assists (2.3 apg), and is tied for the team lead in steals (2.1 spg).
The College Sports Madness site, www.collegesportsmadness.com, names national players of the week at each of three levels (national, high-major and mid-major), and also recognizes a P-O-W from each of 33 NCAA Division-I conferences.
Steffen and the Falcons open MAC play with a three-game homestand, beginning with a Wednesday (Jan. 4) contest vs. Kent State University. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
Click here to see all of the College Sports Madness Jan. 2 awards
Steffen, a native of Carmel, Ind., earns the honors after leading the Falcons to a pair of road wins over Mountain West Conference teams. BGSU defeated Wyoming, 60-53, on Thursday night (Dec. 29), then topped Colorado State by a 70-57 count on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 31).
In the two wins, Steffen averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. She shot 45.2 percent from the field and 35.0% from three-point range, and added 1.5 steals per game on the week.
Steffen had 15 points in the Wyoming game, hitting a game-high three triples vs. the Cowgirls while adding four rebounds and three assists. At Colorado State, Steffen almost singlehandedly lifted the Falcons out of an early-game offensive slump, and finished with a career-high 25 points vs. the Rams.
Her well-rounded stat line at CSU also included seven boards, four assists and three steals. Steffen scored 16 first-half points in a nine-minute stretch. She had her own personal 8-0 run, which came in a 92-second span midway through the period and gave the Falcons the lead for good.
Steffen played the first 38 minutes of the CSU game, and the Falcons had a game-high 19-point lead when she headed to the bench. The Rams scored the game's final six points in those last two minutes.
On the week, Steffen led the Falcons in scoring and tied for the team lead in steals, while ranking second in assists and third in rebounding in the two games.
This season, the junior has 14.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, leading the Brown and Orange in the former category and tying for third in the latter. She also paces the Falcons in three-pointers made (22, 1.7 per game), free throws made (42) and attempted (58) and assists (2.3 apg), and is tied for the team lead in steals (2.1 spg).
The College Sports Madness site, www.collegesportsmadness.com, names national players of the week at each of three levels (national, high-major and mid-major), and also recognizes a P-O-W from each of 33 NCAA Division-I conferences.
Steffen and the Falcons open MAC play with a three-game homestand, beginning with a Wednesday (Jan. 4) contest vs. Kent State University. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
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