Webster’s Robinson, Spalding’s Guy Named Players of the Week

St. Louis, Mo. - The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced the men's and women's basketball athletes of the week for the week of December 5-11, 2011.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Webster University's Roman Robinson, a junior from Fairfield, Calif., has been named the Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 5-11.

Robinson, a 6-3 forward, averaged 16.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in three games.  His top performance of the week was the final contest, a 68-64 loss to Austin College, in which he scored 21 points (on 9-of-15 shooting), grabbed six rebounds, had three steals and two assists.  With the Gorloks down 13 and under three minutes remaining, Robinson led a 17-5 run to cut the lead to one with 12 seconds remaining.  In that two-and-a-half minute span, he scored eight points, had three rebounds, an assist and a steal.

Robinson began the week with 17 points (on 6-of-13 shooting), three steals and two blocks in a 74-50 loss at Washington University (Mo.).  He also posted an 11-point, two-rebound, one-steal performance against Rust College (81-74 loss).

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Spalding University’s Jessica Guy, a freshman from Louisville, Ky. (Moore), has been named the Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 5-11. 

Guy, a 5-11 forward, averaged 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in two contests including her second career double-double.  In a 61-50 victory over Midway College, she had career-highs with 27 points (on 12-of-16 shooting) and 11 assists.  The performance followed a six-point, eight-rebound night in a 63-37 loss to Indiana University-Southeast.  Guy also registered two steals and one assist in each game.