St. LOUIS, Mo. – Missouri State's
Brice Calip is the third Lady Bear to earn Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week honors in women's basketball this season, the league announced Monday.
Calip averaged a team-high 15.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in home wins against Bradley and Illinois State, helping the No. 21/24 Lady Bears (18-3, 8-1) move into sole possession of first place in the MVC standings at the halfway mark of the conference schedule.
In Sunday's victory against Illinois State, the junior guard became the first MSU player since 2010 to post eight assists without a turnover, adding 15 points, four boards and a blocked shot.
Friday against Bradley, the Sapulpa, Okla., native scored a team-high 15 points, dished out four assists and had a pair of steals, helping MSU put up 90 points on the MVC's top scoring defense.
For the week, Calip shot 7-for-17 overall, 3-for-8 from distance and 13-for-16 at the foul line, tallying 12 assists against one turnover to move into the league lead in assist-to-turnover ratio.
Missouri State heads to Iowa next week, visiting UNI at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Drake at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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