ELMHURST, Ill.--North Dakota State center Jerri Penley was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week by the league office for her performance Feb. 2-4. She earned the league honor for the first time.

Penley, a 6-foot-2 junior from Willis, Mich. (Ypsilanti Calvary Christian Academy), garners Player of the Week honors after leading the Bison to two key league road victories last week over IPFW (67-65) and Oakland (58-54). She averaged 18 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2 assists per game.

Penley also shot 70 percent from the field on the week. She scored the eventual game-winning baskets with less than a minute remaining in both games. Her 13 rebounds against the Golden Grizzlies were a career-high, and she collected her second career "double-double" (16 points) in the same game.

Against Oakland, Penley tied a NDSU single-game record with seven blocked shots.

In the current league statistics, Penley is tied for second in blocked shots (3.27 bpg), fourth in field goal shooting (54.8 percent, 40-73) and tied for 10th in rebounding (6.6 rpg).

North Dakota State (6-5 Summit, 11-10) is scheduled to host IUPUI (7-4 Summit, 11-12) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, and Western Illinois (9-2 Summit, 11-11) at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11.

Also nominated: Karolina Zaloga, Centenary; Julia Whitted, IUPUI; Chazny Morris, UMKC; Hanna Reising, Oakland; Leanne Robison, Oral Roberts; Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State; Caitlyn Sears, Southern Utah; Gina Hugelier, Western Illinois.

Previous honorees: Nov. 13 - Jessica Pike, OU; Nov. 20 - Kristin Rotert, SDSU; Nov. 27 - Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Dec. 4 - Chazny Morris, UMKC; Dec. 11 - Jenny Hardin, ORU; Dec. 18 - Anne Westwood, SUU; Dec. 25 - Jessica Pike, OU; Jan. 1 - Lisa Bue, NDSU; Jan. 8 - Lisa Bue, NDSU & Gina Hugelier, WIU; Jan. 15 - Katy Davenport, WIU; Jan. 22 - Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Jan. 29 - Johnna Lewis-Carlisle, IPFW.