Texas Border Business
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s basketball team learned on Monday that sophomore Sara Bershers is the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.
Bershers led the Vaqueros to a pair of wins over Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word last week by averaging 25 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game.
Against Houston Baptist, Bershers scored 23 points with eight rebounds, and a career-high four assists. Bershers went 7-for-16 from the floor while going a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
In the win over Incarnate Word, Bershers scored 27 points with seven rebounds as she went a career-best 10-of-12 from the free throw line.
On the season, Bershers leads the Vaqueros with 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game while also leading the team in three-point percentage (.388) and three-pointers made (19).
Bershers ranks second in the Western Athletic Conference in points per game and free throw percentage (91.7), and fifth in three-pointers made.
The Vaqueros will be back in action on Tuesday when they host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union, at 5 p.m. at Bert Ogden Arena.
