Eureka Sweeps Basketball Player of the Week Honors for Second Time in 2011-12

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 12-18.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Eureka College's Dustin Fritsch, a junior from Sterling, Ill., has been named the Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 12-18. This marks the second time this season that he has earned the honor.

Fritsch, a 6-6 forward, recorded two double-doubles with an average of 23.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in two games played last week, while also shooting 61.3 percent (19-of-31) from the field. He scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out four assists in a 96-90 Red Devils victory over Robert Morris University-Springfield. Fritsch shot 10-of-18 (.556) from the field for the game and had two steals and one block.

Fritsch recorded 23 points on 9-of-13 (.692) shooting in a 92-70 loss to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He also shot 2-of-5 (.400) from behind the arc, 3-of-3 (1.000) from the charity stripe and tallied 12 rebounds and one assist.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Eureka College's Khassandrae Brown, a senior from East Peoria, Ill., has been named the Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of December 12-18.

Brown, a 6-0 forward, scored a game-high 19 points and tied a personal career-best with 17 rebounds in Eureka's 76-34 non-conference win over Silver Lake College. She shot 7-of-12 (.583) from the field and grabbed nine of her 17 boards on the offensive end of the court. Brown also added four steals and one assist in the win.