From the University of Nevada:
Nevada senior guard Kate Kevorken has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 12-18. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor of her career.
The Westlake Village, Calif., native recorded her second career double-double with a career-high 25 points on 60 percent shooting to go with 11 rebounds as Nevada ended its five-game losing skid with a 76-74 win over Oregon. Kevorken hit the game-winning shot, a contested jumper that rattled in as time expired for the victory. She also added three assists and one block.
Other nominees included: Fresno State's Rosie Moult averaged 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as the Bulldogs went 2-0 on the week ... Kamilah Jackson of Hawai‘i finished with season highs of 22 points and 19 rebounds in a win over Portland State ... Idaho's Ganeaya Rogers averaged 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game ... Jasmine Bendolph of Louisiana Tech averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals as the Lady Techsters went 2-1 on the week ... San Jose State's Sara Plavljanin scored 28 points, including seven three-pointers, in a win at Santa Clara ... Devyn Christensen of Utah State tallied 18 points and six rebounds in a loss to Brigham Young last week.
