Bullock, Gregory Earn Weekly Basketball Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tyler Bullock (Nebraska-Omaha) and Hope Gregory (Washburn) have been named MIAA Basketball Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 17-20 as selected by a conference SID panel. It is the second weekly award of the year for Gregory, while Bullock is a first-time honoree in 2009-10.
 
MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Tyler Bullock, G, Nebraska-Omaha
In perhaps the two biggest games of UNO's season against two of the top teams in the MIAA and the region, Bullock averaged 29.5 points a game and shot 48 percent from the field. At Central Missouri, ranked No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in the MIAA and region, Bullock scored 27 points and added five rebounds. The junior from Lincoln, Neb., went 11-for-20 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line. Against SBU, tied with UNO at the time for third in the league, Bullock scored 32 points to tie his season high. UNO's go-to player at the end of games, he hit a layup near the end of regulation to help send the game to overtime and in the extra period, he scored eight points. Overall, Bullock went 10-for-24 from the field and hit a season-high three 3-pointers. He shot 9-of-11 from the free throw line and added six assists and five steals. In the two games, Bullock averaged 4.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals while shooting 87 percent from the line.

MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hope Gregory, G, Washburn
Gregory helped 13th-ranked Washburn to two wins and a half-game lead in the MIAA standings last week. The junior from Cheney, Kan., averaged 17 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, raising her scoring average to 10.2 ppg and her rebound total to 7.7 rpg. She scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the 24-point win at MSSU. Gregory scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds in WU's 35-point win over PSU. She scored 11 of her 16 in the second half, including seven of Washburn's first 11 points as the Lady Blues extended their 11-point halftime lead to a 41-point lead in the second half.

2009-10 MIAA Basketball Student-Athletes of the Week
1/23 - Men: Tim Niles, G, ESU; Women: Gentry Dietz, C, NWMSU
11/30 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Ashley Nelson, F, UNO
12/7 - Men: Alex Moosmann, G, UCM; Women: Laura Joya, G, TSU, Hope Gregory, G, WU
12/14 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Naomi Bancroft, G, FHSU
12/21 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Naomi Bancroft, G, FHSU
1/4 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Nicole McCombs, F, PSU
1/11 - Men: Corbin Kuntzsch, G, FHSU; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU
1/18 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Abby Henry, G, NWMSU
1/25 - Men: Dominique Jones, G, FHSU; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU
2/1 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU
2/8 - Men: Ryan Dougherty, G, SBU; Women: Jolea Apon, G, MSSU
2/15 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU
2/22 - Men: Tyler Bullock, G, UNO; Women: Hope Gregory, G, WU