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BAY CITY, Mich. - Wayne State University senior forward Talisha Bridges (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix) and Ashland University senior forward Daiva Gerbec (Dublin, Ohio/Bishop Watterson) have been chosen as the GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", respectively.
GLIAC North Division Player of the Week:
Talisha Bridges
Wayne State University
5-7, Senior, Forward
Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix
Wayne State University senior Talisha Bridges used a pair of 16 point performances to take home the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award from the inaugural Wayne State University Holiday Classic. She notched her second double-double of the year in a 70-66 win against Hillsdale on Thursday. Bridges’ 25 points led the Warriors in the overtime loss to Findlay including the final bucket of regulation to send the game to overtime.
North Division Weekly Honor
Roll: Ashley Rando - FS, Briauna Taylor - GV, Kylie
Moxley - MT, Lauren Robak - NU, Kristen Greene - SV.
2012-13 North Division "Players of the
Week": (11/13) S. Hoyt - MT, (11/19) B. Taylor - GV,
(11/26) M. Blazejewski - LS, (12/3) S. DeShone - FS, (12/10)
E. Wendling - SV, (12/20) S. DeShone - FS, (1/7) T. Bridges -
AU.
GLIAC South Division Player of the Week:
Daiva Gerbec
Ashland University
6-0, Senior/Forward
Dublin, Ohio/Bishop Watterson
Ashland University senior Daiva
Gerbec averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game
in a pair of GLIAC wins last week. She scored a season-high 27
points in Ashland’s 76-66 win at Michigan Tech. Gerbec had 18
points two nights before that in AU’s first-ever win at
Northern Michigan. AU downed the Wildcats, 63-46. In her last six
games, Gerbec is averaging 18.0 ppg. She is second on the team in
scoring and rebounding.
South Division Weekly Honor Roll: Megan Fogt - HC, Logan Pastor - MU, Kacee Hockenberry - OD, Jillian Adams - TU, Kayla Brown - UF.
2012-13 South Division "Players of the Week": (11/13) K. Daugherty - AU, (11/19) K. Hockenberry - GV, (11/26) K. Daugherty - AU, (12/3) K. Daugherty - AU, (12/10) D. Simmers - MU, (12/20) K. Daugherty - AU, (1/7) D. Gerbec - AU.