Skeens scorches her way to RSC Women's Basketball Player of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- University of Rio Grande (Ohio) senior Ella Skeens averaged an amazing 46.0 points per game to claim River States Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance. It is her fourth conference weekly honor of the year and is for games Jan. 23-29.
Skeens' hot week included a school-record 50 points versus Asbury (Ky.), and she followed that up with 42 points the next game versus IU East. Skeens also averaged 9.0 rebounds per game while shooting 82 percent from the field and 88 percent from the foul line (14 for 16).
Skeens, a guard/forward from Chillicothe, Ohio, got half a hundred by making 19 of 21 field goals versus Asbury. All but one of the makes was inside the arc. She was also 11 for 13 at the foul line and made it a double-double with 12 rebounds. Skeens then scored 42 points in 27 minutes versus IU East, a 105-66 win. She made another 17 of 23 shots, which included 5 for 7 from distance. There were also six rebounds, three assists and three steals in the game.
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