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DENVER – Utah State junior guard/forward Amber White has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 9-15. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor ever for White.

The San Leandro, Calif., native scored a career-high 25 points in the Aggies’ monumental 67-58 win over instate rival Utah. White scored six of the Aggies’ first eight points and nine of the first 13 as she nearly doubled her previous career best of 10 points in the first four and a half minutes of the game. The junior connected on 10-of-14 from the field (.714), 2-of-2 from three-point range (1.000) and 3-of-4 from the free throw line (.750) on the game. She also had career highs in minutes played (36) and three-pointers made (two). White added five rebounds, one assist and one steal. The last time Utah State faced Utah, the Utes won 70-38 in December of 2007.

Other nominees included: Tasha Harris of Boise State averaged 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 steals as the Broncos opened the season 2-0 … Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross had a career-high 25 points in a season-opening win at UC Santa Barbara and moved into third place on the Fresno State career three-pointer list against USC … Adrienne Johnson of Louisiana Tech scored a WAC-best 29 points to go with four rebounds, four steals and two blocks in a rout of Centenary … Nevada’s Marissa Hammond had a career-high 16 points to go with six rebounds and two steals in a win over Cal State Monterey Bay … Danisha Corbett of New Mexico State averaged 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds as the Aggies went 1-1 on the week.