BURNSVILLE, MINN. – For the fifth time this season, Augustana women's basketball senior guard
Shaunteva Ashley was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference's South Division Player of the Week in a release by the league on Monday.
Ashley helped lead the Vikings to a 2-0 record, its first weekend sweep of 2015, over the weekend against NSIC South Division foes Winona State and Upper Iowa. The Sioux Falls, S.D. native put up a game-high 27 points in a 74-71 upset win over the Warriors at the Sioux Falls Arena on Friday night. She finished the game shooting 8 of 15, which included going a perfect 11 of 11 from the foul line, and also added four rebounds and six assists in 37 minutes of action.
The senior then turned in an 18-point, five-rebound, four-assist performance in an 87-65 victory against the Peacocks on Saturday.
For the weekend, Ashley finished with averages of 22.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.0 steals, on 50.0 percent shooting (14 of 28), including posting a terrific 93.8 percentage from the charity stripe (15 of 16).
Augustana heads north for a pair of NSIC games beginning this Friday with a contest at the University of Mary. The Vikings close out the trip with a game at Minot State on Saturday.
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