Kahle Earns 11th Career Big Sky Player Of The Week Award

PORTLAND, Ore. ? Portland State senior forward Kelsey Kahle has been named Big Sky Conference Player of the Week for games played the week of Dec. 29-Jan.5.

Kahle averaged 28.7 ppg as the Vikings went 2-1 at home, including a pair of wins over Sacramento State and Northern Arizona to open up conference play.

Kahle started the week with a 30-point performance on Dec. 29 against Utah Valley, a game the Viks dropped in overtime. She went 12 for 12 from the free-throw line to tie a PSU single game record, and also had four steals, four rebounds and three assists.

On Jan. 2 in PSU's 81-66 win over Sac State, Kahle poured in 27 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the field. She also went 11 of 14 from the free-throw line and chipped in six rebounds and five assists.

Kahle closed out the week with 29 points, seven rebounds and two steals in the Vikings 87-58 win over NAU on Jan. 4. She went 11 of 16 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free throw line.

For the week, Kahle shot 59.6 percent from the field and 88.2 percent from the free-throw line. She also averaged 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game.

This is the second player of the week award this season for Kahle and the 11th of her career.

The native of Aurora, Ore. leads the Big Sky in scoring and 17.6 ppg and also in field goal percentage at 53.1 percent. She currently is second all-time at PSU and sixth all-time in the Big Sky in scoring with 1,749 career points.

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