NIU’s Highsmith earns MAC West honor

Posted December 23, 2013 11:05 am

Daily Herald News Services

DEKALB — Freshman guard Dontel Highsmith of Northern Illinois University was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week on Monday.

Highsmith, a native of Dowagiac, Mich., averaged 18.5 points and 3.0 rebounds last week, helping the Huskies to a pair of road victories at Loyola-Chicago (Dec. 18) and UC Riverside (Dec. 22).

Last Wednesday at Loyola, Highsmith scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds, registered an assist and a steal while helping NIU erase a 15-point second half deficit to defeat the Ramblers, 55-49.

Sunday in Riverside, Calif., Highsmith scored 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting, 3-of-5 from behind the arc and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, to lead NIU to a 71-64 victory at UC Riverside.

The pair of victories helped NIU improve to 5-5 on the season.

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