November
27, 2006
CEDAR
RAPIDS , IOWA . . . The
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today
that Wartburg College basketball player Cashes Mason
(Kansas City, Mo./West Des Moines Valley) and Simpson College
basketball player Katelyn Whiton (Panora, Iowa/Perry)
have been named the IIAC Male and Female Athletes of the Week
for the period ending Sunday, November 26.
Men’s
Basketball – Cashes Mason, Wartburg College, Kansas City,
Mo./West Des Moines Valley
Mason, a sophomore guard, was named Most Valuable
Player of the Nebraska Wesleyan Snyder Classic after averaging
17.0 points, 2.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game, and shot
77.8 percent (14-of-18) from the floor in victories over Peru
State and Nebraska Wesleyan. In a 97-53 win over Peru State,
he scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting (71.4 percent), had four
assists and a rebound. He scored 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting
(77.8 percent) and had three rebounds and an assist in an 81-58
win over the Classic’s host.
Women’s
Basketball – Katelyn Whiton, Simpson College, Panora,
Iowa/Perry
Whiton, a junior forward, averaged 22.5 points
and 4.0 rebounds per game and shot 66.7 percent (20-of-30) from
the floor at the Wisconsin-LaCrosse Thanksgiving Classic. She
scored 16 points (on 7-of-13 shooting) and had three rebounds
and a steal in a 62-57 win over Carroll (Wis.). In a 77-73 win
over the host, she scored 29 points (on 13-of-17 shooting),
including nine straight at one point. She also had five rebounds,
an assist and a steal.
Other
Outstanding Weekly Performers
The IIAC also recognized the following outstanding
athletic performances from the past week.
•
Buena Vista University junior guard Kyle Stribe (Manning,
Iowa/Manning) averaged 14.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in victories
over Gustavus Adolphus (78-70) and nationally ranked Northwestern,
Iowa (99-86). He shot 73.3 percent from the floor (11-of-15)
and scored 29 points in just 30 minutes of play.
•
Simpson College senior forward Ryan Hittenmiller (Dyersville,
Iowa/Beckman) equaled a career-high with 29 points in an 87-80
win over Grand View. He shot 53.3 percent (8-for-15) from the
floor, had five rebounds, two assists and a block.
•
Buena Vista University freshman guard Margo Muhlbauer
(Manilla, Iowa/IKM), averaged 19.0 points, 5.5 rebounds
and 2.5 steals in victories over St. Olaf (73-51) and Nebraska
Wesleyan (92-83) including 26 points in her first collegiate
start against Nebraska Wesleyan.
•
University of Dubuque freshman guard Jen Nichols (Woodstock,
Ill./Woodstock) averaged 18.7 points and 2.0 rebounds in victories
over Wisconsin-Platteville (71-62) and Clarke (83-75), and a
loss to Concordia, Ill. (75-55). She scored a career-high 31
points in the victory over Platteville.
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