RRAC News
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 - [Women's Basketball]
Cleveland set a new RRAC record with nine three-pointers in Wiley's win over HT.
Cleveland set a new RRAC record with nine three-pointers in Wiley's win over HT.
WACO, Texas -- Ueronica Cleveland of Wiley College (Texas) and Christina Miner of Texas College earned a share of the Red River Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week award for the dates of Feb. 8-14.

Cleveland, a freshman guard from Houston, established a new conference mark for three-pointers in a game with nine and finished with 20 in three games last week. In the record-setting game, she made 9-of-19 three-point attempts and scored 31 points as the Lady Wildcats defeated Huston-Tillotson University (Texas), 90-75. The newcomer continued her big week with 19 points in a one-point loss to Jarvis Christian College (Texas) and 21 to edge Bacone College (Okla.), 66-63. In the three games, she made 23-of-51 shots from the field including 20-of-45 from behind the three-point arc. Wiley is now 6-8 in conference play and 8-16 on the season.

Miner, a junior forward from Pasadena, Calif., posted a pair of double-doubles in a 2-0 week for the Lady Steers. She scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds en route to a 76-66 win over the University of the Southwest (N.M.) before racking up 25 points and 11 boards in a victory over Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas). For the week, she connected on 10-of-14 shots from the field and 14-of-18 from the free throw line as Texas College moved to 3-11 in the RRAC and 7-16 overall. 

Others receiving nominations this week included Ashley Davis of Texas Wesleyan University, Stephanie Madden of Langston University (Okla.) and HT's Kandice Smith.

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