ATLANTA — The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced its SIAC Women’s Basketball Players of the Week on Tuesday, Dec. 10, honoring student-athletes for impressive performances in games played last week.
Chantoryia Rivers (
Lane) and
Alayah Birch (
Savannah State) were recognized.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK – CHANTORYIA RIVERS, LANE COLLEGE
Forward | Senior | Plaquemine, La.
Rivers scored in double digits in all three of Lane's contest last week. She had 11 points and three rebounds in a conference win over Allen, 16 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Blue Mountain, and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Trevecca. For the week, she averaged 14.3 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game with two double-doubles.
NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – ALAYAH BIRCH, SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Guard | Freshman | Charleston, S.C.
Birch earned her first collegiate double-double in a home win against Johnson C. Smith. She had 16 points and 11 rebound.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.