Dales Earns Second Big 12 Player of the Week Honor

Feb. 19, 2001

NORMAN, Okla. - All-America and Big 12 Player of the Year candidate Stacey Dales (Brockville, Ontario) was named the Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week by a vote of a media panel on Monday as announced by the league office.

Dales assisted Oklahoma to a 2-0 record last week with wins against Kansas State, 79-60, and at Texas Tech, 80-75, improving the Sooners' winning streak to 12-straight games. Dales led the team with a double-double as she averaged 21.0 points and 10.0 assists per game. She also averaged 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and shot 56.7 percent (17-of-30) from the field plus 80.0 percent from the foul line (8-of-10). In addition, Dales was responsible for over half of Oklahoma's field goals last week. She topped the team with 17 field goals made and assisted on 20 other field goals which accounts for 62.7 percent of OU's 59 field goals against K-State and Tech.

Dales had game-highs of 22 points and eight assists against a tough Texas Tech team in Lubbock. She also had eight rebounds and shot 57.1 percent from the field (8-of-14) and 75 percent from the foul line (6-of-8). Against Kansas State, Dales had her third double-double of the season with game highs of 20 points and 12 assists. She also grabbed eight rebounds, pocketed three steals and shot 56.3 percent from the field (9-of-16).

For the year, the Canadian contributes 16.7 points, 7.6 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game. She has been the team leader in scoring eight times and top assists per 20 times. The 2000 Olympian also leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks seventh in the nation in assists per game.

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Dales Earns Second Big 12 Player of the Week Honor

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