Women's Basketball Player of the Week (November 17, 2014)
Brianna Thomas, University of Rio Grande -- Women's Basketball Player of the Week
5-5 Senior – Newark, NJ
University of Rio Grande senior Brianna Thomas was named the KIAC women's basketball player of the week by KIAC officials on Monday, November 17th.
Rio Grande finished the week 3-0 after defeating Mount Vernon Nazarene University (84-73), Ohio University-Lancaster (99-73) and Ohio Christian (92-57). For the week, Thomas averaged 21 points, 5 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 5.3 steals. She was also named the MVP of the Bevo Francis Invitational Tournament. She recorded 19 points, 8 assists and 4 steals in the win against Mount Vernon Nazarene. In the first game of the Bevo Francis Invitational, Thomas tallied 19 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 steals against Ohio University-Lancaster. In the final game of the Invitational, she had 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 steals against Ohio Christian.
The RedStorm are currently 4-0 overall. They will return to action on November 18th when they travel to West Virginia State.