University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball senior guard/forward Kaydie Grooms (Marshall, Illinois) has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week after helping lead the Screaming Eagles to road victories over William Jewell College and Rockhurst University.
For the week, Grooms averaged 20.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 10-of-12 from the free throw line as the Eagles earned their GLVC-best 12th consecutive win.
In Thursday night’s win at William Jewell, Grooms scored 15 points to go along with eight rebounds, four steals and two assists.
To cap off the weekend, Grooms posted a game-high 26 points as well as a career-high 12 rebounds as the Eagles held off Rockhurst. She scored 15 of her points in the second quarter and had seven during a key 19-4 second-half run to preserve the win.
This is Grooms’ first career Player of the Week award, and joins senior forward Morgan Dahlstrom(Grayslake, Illinois) as Eagles to win the award this season.
The Eagles conclude the regular season Thursday at the University of Wiscon
