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Tiana Gipson earns “Scottie Athlete of the Week” honors after helping lead the #3 Highland Women’s basketball team to two wins last week over Metropolitan CC and Washburn JV moving the Scotties to 7-0 on the season.

Gipson finished the week strong dropping 32 points in just her seventh college game and doing it in a come from behind win over Washburn JV on the road as the Scotties won 89-77. The freshman finished the contest 9-11 from the floor, 6-8 from three-point range and 8-9 from the charity stripe, while adding three rebounds, an assist and two steals in the win. She opened the week with her team at home in an 86-45 win over MCC where she posted 18 points on 6-7 shooting and 4-5 from three-point range and 2-3 from the free throw line.

On the year Gipson is averaging 15.1 points per game while shooting 57.4% from the floor and 46.7% from three-point range having made 21 three-pointers which is 30% for the Scottie made three-pointers this season. She’s adding 2.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game to her stat line, also.