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SOU's Marks named NAIA player of the week ASHLAND - Southern Oregon University women's basketball point guard Sara Marks earned NAIA Division II player of the week accolades Tuesday for her superlative efforts while leading the Raiders to key Cascade Conference victories this past weekend. The 5-foot-5 Marks, only the second SOU basketball player ever to win the national honor, averaged a league-best 24 points and 8.5 assists in Raider wins over 13th-ranked Eastern Oregon (90-81) and Albertson (83-72). The West Valley City, Utah, native canned 11 of 20 shots against the league-leading Mountaineers last Thursday en route to a game-high 28 points, her second-highest game scoring output of the season. Marks then went 7-for-19 from the field and 6-for-7 from the free-throw line for 20 points against Albertson last Saturday for her third straight team-high scoring effort and 16th of the season. The Eastern Utah Junior College transfer came within one of equaling a 26-year-old school game record with 12 assists. The performances upped her season scoring average to a league-best 19.4 in conference games and helped second-place Southern Oregon (15-9, 11-3) extend its winning streak to seven straight in the process. Marks also leads the nine-team league for steals (2.83 per game) and is second for assists (4.62), 11th for 3-point makes (1.29), 12th for field goal percentage (.444) and 15th for 3-point percentage (.323). Already a two-time conference player-of-the-week selection, Marks is the program's first national honoree since two-time All-American Melissa Bogh received the kudo on Jan. 9, 1995. Marks enters the team's key weekend frays at Western Baptist and Warner Pacific with 406 season points, 42 away from 10th place on the school's all-time season scoring chart. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.