Eeten Earns Third Player of the Week Honor

St. Louis, Mo. - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the men's and women's basketball athletes of the week for December 19-January 1.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Westminster College's Joe James, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo. (Vianney), has been named the Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 19-January 1.

James, a 6-2 guard, scored 30 points on 10-of-14 (.714) shooting from the field and 9-of-9 (1.000) from the free throw line in an 89-80 loss to Cornell College. He also added four rebounds, four steals and two assists for the game. James also shot 7-of-7 (1.000) from the charity stripe and finished with 11 points in a 71-69 victory versus Nebraska Wesleyan University over the holiday break.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Eureka College's Caty Eeten, a sophomore from Eureka, Ill., has been named the Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 19-January 1. It marks the third time this season that she has earned the honor.

Eeten, a 5-10 guard, averaged 28.0 points and shot 54.3 percent (19-of-35) from the field at the D3Hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eeten, who never left the floor in either of the Red Devils' two games, also compiled eight rebounds, six assists, three blocks and three steals while shooting 85.0 percent (17-of-20) from the free throw line.

Eeten scored 30 points on 11-of-20 (.550) shooting from the field and 8-of-10 (.800) from the charity stripe in a 63-52 win over Concordia University (Wis.) in Eureka's opening game of the Classic. She also posted five rebounds, three steals and two blocks in the win. Eeten added 26 points, five assists and shot 9-of-10 (.900) from the foul line in a 94-70 loss to Simpson College.