Bowling Green State University Athletics
Achter Named MAC East POW ... Again
November 26, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 26, 2007
Senior Kate Achter has solidified her place in the Mid-American Conference record books becoming one of just 39 women's basketball participants in league history to earn Player of the Week honors on four or more occasions throughout their collegiate career. Achter became one of the MAC's most distinguished players today (Nov. 26) as she was honored with the MAC East POW award for the second straight week as announced by the conference office.
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Currently, Achter is one of 11 MAC women's basketball athletes to earn the award four times and is the first back-to-back recipient of the POW accolade since last season's co-Player of the Year, Carrie Moore (Western Michigan) was acknowledged for her play on both Nov. 22 and Nov. 29, 2006.
In relation to her BGSU women's basketball predecessors, Achter is now one of six Falcons to earn the award four times over. Liz Honegger and Ali Mann lead the program with seven MAC POW's. Bowling Green, along side Miami and Toledo, are second in the league only to Kent State who has seen seven players reach the four-plus week plateau.
Achter's award marks the first time since the 1996-97 season (Jaymee Wappes, Feb 10, Sara Puthoff, Feb. 17 and Feb. 24) that a combination of Falcons have earned POW status week after week after week (Lindsey Goldsberry, Nov. 12 and Kate Achter, Nov. 19 and Nov. 26). BGSU is also one of only five MAC programs to bring home the award over the span of three consecutive weeks.
The guard earned the award after sinking a game, and career, high 32 points in the Falcons' victory over the Bonnies of St. Bonaventure, 68-61, on Saturday night. After leading the visiting Bonnies throughout the first half, the Falcons were forced to rally twice in the second half to overcome their then undefeated opponent. The second comeback was staged with less than two minutes remaining in the game and Achter was responsible for seven of BG's nine points in the final run on St. Bona.
To date, the senior captain is averaging 20.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg, and 4.25 apg. She is also a solid 35-40 (.875) from the free throw line. In the past two contests alone, she has hit 30-of-34 (.882) free point attempts. As a unit, the Falcons are a perfect 4-0 and off to their best start since 2005.
As a conference, the MAC has not seen a program three-peat the POW award since the 2004-05 season when both Eastern Michigan (Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13) and Kent State (Dec. 20, Dec. 27, Jan. 3) earned it over continuous weeks. Interestingly enough, the respective programs fell to BGSU in the semifinal and final games of the conference tournament that same season.
Achter and the Falcons will return to the hardwood on Nov. 30 in Ithaca, N.Y. for day one of the Cornell Classic. They will see the likes of first year Division I opponent, and reigning Division II National Runners-Up, Florida Gulf Coast College at 5:00 p.m.
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