Saint Louis senior forward Maddison Gits has been selected the Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball Co-Player of the Week, the league office announced today. It is the first A-10 weekly award of Gits' career.

Gits averaged 24.5 points and 14.5 rebounds to help lead the Billikens to a pair of A-10 victories last week. She shot 60 percent (18-of-30) from the field overall, 75 percent (3-of-4) from 3-point range and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the foul line.

Gits began the week by having a career game in a 91-85, double-overtime win over Fordham Jan. 31. She tallied 34 points – going 11-of-15 from the floor overall, 3-of-3 from beyond the arc and 9-of-12 from the stripe – to go with game highs of 15 rebounds and four blocks. Gits established career highs in points, field goals, 3-point field goals, free throws made and attempted, and minutes (46), and she matched her career best in blocks.

Gits posted another double-double – her fifth in a row and eighth of the season – in SLU's 88-72 victory over Davidson Feb. 4. She scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, collecting a double-digit board total for a seventh time in nine games and 11th time overall this season.

Gits boosted her scoring average to 11.8, her team-high rebounding average to 9.7 and her field goal percentage to .523. In the A-10, she ranks fourth in field goal percentage, fourth in rebounding, fourth in defensive rebounding (7.7 drpg) and sixth in blocks (32 total, 1.4 bpg).

The Billikens (13-10, 7-3 A-10), winners of three straight and five of their last six games, are tied for fourth place in the A-10. SLU hits the road this week for league contests against La Salle (Wednesday) and Rhode Island (Saturday).