Perry & Vander Plas Named Scholar-Athletes of the Week
Female Scholar Athlete of the Week: December 2nd – 6th, 2019
Bowling Green's Angela Perry, Basketball - Center (Junior, 3.696, Biology)
Bowling Green junior center Angela Perry scored 25 points, shooting nearly 85 percent from the field, in the Falcons’ 82-69 win at Marshall (BG’s lone game of the week). Perry made 11 of her 13 shots from the floor en route to her game-high scoring total. She made her only three-point attempt, and also had eight rebounds, four assists and a pair of blocked shots in the win over the Thundering Herd. Perry has scored 61 points over her last two games. She is averaging a team-high 15.6 points per game, and she currently leads the MAC and ranks third in the entire nation in field-goal percentage (.726; 53-of-73).
Male Scholar Athlete of the Week: December 2nd – 6th, 2019
Ohio's Ben Vander Plas, Basketball - Forward (Redshirt Sophomore, 3.988, Communication Studies)
Redshirt sophomore forward Ben Vander Plas (Ripon, Wis.) helped lead the Ohio men’s basketball team (7-3) to pair of home victories at the Convocation Center last week, averaging a team-high 17.5 points per game. Vander Plas tied for the team lead with 14 points and added three assists and two rebounds in a 90-51 win over Rio Grande last Wednesday (Dec. 4). He then scored a team-high 21 points and achieved a double-double with 11 rebounds in an 81-54 victory over Tennessee Tech on Sunday (Dec. 8). He also collected four assists, two steals and two blocks in the win over the Golden Eagles.
