Cal State's Wilt earns weekly honor again
Vanessa Wilt today was named the Wilson/California
Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball player of the week for
the second straight week.
Wilt, a 6-1
senior center from Hesperia, was recognized for her double-double – 18
points and 18 rebounds – in a 68-50 Coyotes win over
Her 18
rebounds were a season high and her three blocked shots raised her 2007-08
total to 21 in six games, an average of 3.5 per game.
She has
helped the Coyotes to a 6-0 record to open the season, equaling the best start
ever by a CSUSB women’s basketball team. The only other team in the
history of the program to start 6-0 was the 2000-01 squad.
Thursday’s
performance by Wilt means that she has achieved a double-double (points and
rebounds) in all six games this season. She is the only player in the CCAA thus
far averaging a double-double
Wilt ranks
No. 2 in the CCAA in scoring at 19.2 points a game but leads the CCAA in
rebounding at 13.2 per game. She also ranks No. 1 in blocked shots with 21
(3.5/game). She is shooting 83 percent from the foul line (15 of 18) and 53
percent from the field (50 of 94).
The Coyotes
return to action on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 18-19, facing Seattle Pacific
and Northwest Nazarene in the Dixie State College Tournament in
SPU is 5-0
and coming off a 68-60 win over
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