Defensive Player of the Week: Tabor Teel, Dakota State (S.D.)
Teel, a senior forward from Colton, S.D., was selected as the Defensive Player-of-the-Week.
She continued to be a defensive force in fueling No. 7 Dakota State (S.D.) to a pair of Frontier Conference home victories, extending their winning streak to nine games. She averaged double-double for the weekend with wins over No. 23 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) and (RV) Carroll (Mont.).
Teel grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds (12 defensive rebounds) in DaSU’s 69-62 win over RMC. Her 18 rebounds tied for seventh most single-game rebounds in school history. She followed up with 13 rebounds, with 12 being defensive rebounds in Trojans’ 70-34 win over CC. The Trojans held Carroll to their season low in points (34) and limited them to 22.2 percent from the field.
For the week, Teel averaged 15.5 rebounds per game (12.0 defensive rebounds), 1.5 steals, and 1.0 block per game.
This is Teel’s seventh career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference Player of the Week.