Barton's Ojenuwa grabs national and KJCCC weekly women’s basketball honors #GoBarton
Barton's Ojenuwa grabs national and KJCCC weekly women’s basketball honors
Vera Ojenuwa of the Barton Community College women's basketball team snagged her first collegiate KJCCC weekly award honor while also scoring the week's national distinction as the week 10 NJCAA Women's Basketball Division I Player of the Week.
Ojenuwa earned the honor guiding the Cougars to a 69-49 road victory over Independence before helping Barton avenge an earlier season with an 80-49 home victory against Pratt.
Over the pair of games, Ojenuwa finished shooting 20-of-35 (57.1%) from the floor averaging 25.5 points and 20.5 rebounds in 34.5 minutes of court time.
The freshman opened her week dropping 23 points aiding the Cougars to a plus 24-point advantage inside the paint while corralling a game high 18 boards in 33 minutes.
Fresh off career highs Wednesday, Ojenuwa exceeded both performances notching her team high 10th double-double of the season adding 28 points on 12-21 shooting and collected 23 rebounds.
The award marks the first won by a Cougar this season. Barton will conclude its' brief two game homestand Wednesday evening hosting Cloud County Community College in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off inside the Barton Gym.