INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After leading Cleveland State to a 3-0 week at the Hampton Inn Cleveland Downtown Viking Invitational last time out, women's basketball junior Destiny Leo has been named the #HLWBB Player of the Week. This marks the first weekly honor of the season for Leo, and the fourth weekly accolade of her career.
Leo and the Vikings improved to 5-1 on the season after notching three wins against Georgia State, Bellarmine and St. Bonaventure during last week's Viking Invitational.
For the week, Leo averaged 16.7 points per game on a .400 field goal percentage – pacing the Viking offense in all three games. In the tournament opener, Leo posted 23 points against Georgia State for her second 20-point game of the year, while she followed that up with 16 points against Bellarmine and 11 points against St. Bonaventure.
Leo converted 11 three-point field goals on the week, including six against Georgia State which is tied for the highest single-game total so far this season among #HLWBB players. In addition, Leo posted a perfect 7-for-7 clip from the free throw line on the week, and is currently leading the league with a .955 free throw percentage this season.
For the year, Leo is averaging a team-best 16.5 points per game, and has tallied 10+ points in five out of the first six contests. Leo enters the start of #HLWBB play sitting at the top of the CSU Career Record Book in three-point field goal percentage (.384) and free throw percentage (.901).