February 3, 2010

Woods named Tri-Player of the Week

Helping the Cowley College women’s basketball team to a pair of wins last week, sophomore center Gianna Woods shared the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Eastern Division Player of the Week honors with Highland Community College’s Karli Abbey and Johnson County’s Taylor Bird.

Woods is a 6-foot sophomore from Compton, CA. She transferred to Cowley after spending her freshman season at NCAA Division I Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Last Wednesday, Woods scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 57-33 win over Kansas City. She followed up that performance by scoring a career high 32 points on 12-20 shooting and went a perfect 8-8 from the free throw line. She also pulled down seven rebounds.

On the season, Woods is leading Cowley in scoring (15.2 points) and rebounding (8.1 rebounds). She is also shooting a team-best 51 percent from the floor and has helped Cowley win 13 of its past 15 games.

Abbey averaged 23.5 points and 6.5 rebounds as Highland split a pair of games. While, Bird helped Johnson County go 2-0 by averaging 23 points, 15.5 rebounds and 5 assists on the week.