Lieber Wins Fourth POTW Award (2/27/07)
BILLINGS, MT – Montana
State-Billings forward
Michelle Lieber has been named the Heartland Conference
player of the week for the week of February 19-25. Lieber, a
senior from Gillette, Wyo., received the award for the fourth
time this season. In all, the Yellowjackets received eight
player of the week awards from the Heartland Conference this
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After missing six games because of injury, Lieber returned to action
Saturday night to carry Montana State-Billings to a 70-67
overtime road win at St. Edward’s University. Lieber scored a
career-high 32 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds in 41
minutes. The national leader for field goal percentage, Lieber
hit 10-of-12 from the field and 12-of-15 from the free throw
line. She was the only Yellowjacket to score in double figures,
but it was enough to give MSUB the win and the 2006-2007
Heartland Conference regular season title.
Along with winning the
conference’s regular season crown, the Yellowjackets clinched
the No. 1 seed for this week’s Heartland Conference Tournament,
held at University of North Texas in Denton, Tex., on Friday and
Saturday. The Yellowjackets will face fourth-seeded St. Mary’s
University on Friday at 12:00 p.m. CST, 11:00 a.m. MST. That
game will be web streamed on the internet at www.msubillings.edu/athletics
by Pat Boland starting at 10:45 a.m. MST.
In Friday’s second game, No. 2
St. Edward’s University will face No. 3 University of the
Incarnate Word at 2:30 p.m. CST. The winner will take on the
winner of the MSUB/STMU game for the conference championship at
2:00 p.m. MST, on Saturday. If the Yellowjackets make the
championship game, it will be aired live on AM 970 in Billings
and on the web at www.msubillings.edu/athletics. All tournament
games will also be video streamed at www.summitticket.com. The
winner of the Heartland Conference Tournament receives an
automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament the
following week. |