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Red Lion Players of the Week Announced

Red Lion Players of the Week Announced

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The following CCC student-athletes have been recognized as Red Lion Players of the Week for their performances during the period December 2  – December 8.
 
Women’s Basketball
 
Eastern Oregon’s Brittney Newcomb has been named the Red Lion Women’s Basketball Player of the week.
 
Newcomb, a senior from Medford, Ore., led the Mountaineers to a 92-76 victory over Evergreen. In the victory, Newcomb scored a season-high 32 points and tied a season-high making five three pointers. In the second half, she hit four consecutive three pointers and she shot 62.5 pecent from the floor against Evergreen. Against Northwest, Newcomb scored 15 points and collected five rebounds. On the season, she ranked 3rd in the NAIA in three pointers made per game (3.8), fourth in points per game (22.6) and 8th in free throw percentage (89.6).
 
Honorable mention: Autumn Durand, SOU
 
Men’s Basketball
 
Southern Oregon’s Eric Thompson has been named the Red Lion Men’s Basketball Player of the week.
 
Thompson, a junior from Roseburg, Ore., stayed hot from the field (21-for-34) and the 3-point line (8-for-15) in three SOU wins. He recorded his first two double-doubles of the season and was over 25 points for the fifth and sixth times. Also moved into ninth place on SOU's career scoring list.
 
Honorable mention: Kyle Waits, OIT; C.J. Carter, NU; Austin Kuemper, NCU

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