53 points in two victories
MARQUETTE, Mich. – Northern Michigan junior guard Jacy Weisbrod has been named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, announced by the conference on Monday.
Weisbrod helped lead the Wildcats to a pair of home wins to move to 4-0 on the season. NMU defeated Minnesota Crookston 85-69 on Friday and followed with a 80-51 win over Bemidji State. The La Crosse, Wisconsin native was tried and true for the Wildcats, pouring in 26 points against the Golden Eagles, shooting a lethal 10-16 (62.5%) from the field and 6-9 (66.7%) from beyond the arc, the most threes in a game among conference teams this season. She followed it up with 27 points on 11-20 (55.0%) shooting from the field and 4-11 (36.7%) from three in the victory over Bemidji.
Her 26 and 27 points are the 2nd and 3rd best scoring performances in the GLIAC so far this season. Weisbrod is 3rd in the conference averaging 16.5 points per game while she paces all players from downtown with 13 triples.
The Green and Gold head to Minnesota this weekend, where they will take on Minnesota Duluth on Saturday and St. Cloud State on Sunday.
