Chase named West Coast Conference Player of the Week

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named BYU junior guard Brenna Chase its Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for February 18, 2019.

This is the first time since BYU joined the WCC that it has swept the series against the Bulldogs and the first time the Cougars have won in Spokane under head coach Jeff Judkins. 

The honor is the first for Chase and the third for the team this season.

The 5-foot-9 guard, from Thornton, Colorado, guided the Cougars to two sweeps on the road against Portland and Gonzaga. She recorded back-to-back double-digit outings in the sweeps and has to date tallied 17 games with 10-plus points.

In the win at Portland, Chase scored a team-best 24 points, put up seven threes for game and career highs, recorded a game-high four steals and grabbed seven rebounds. The 7 of 11 shooting from 3-point range are a season and career best while the 24 points are season highs.

In the upset win over Gonzaga in Spokane, she made four treys on her way to tallying 14 points, a game-best five assists along with three rebounds, two blocks and two assists.

Chase finished the week with 38 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, 3 blocks and six steals while averaging 19 points, five rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.5 blocks.

She shot 40.6 percent from the field, 61.1 percent from behind the arc and 50 percent from the free-throw line.