Sioux City, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following basketball players-of-the-week for contests played January 11-17, 2021. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2020-2021 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.
Women – Payton Slaughter, Briar Cliff University (Guard)
Briar Cliff University guard Payton Slaughter is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women’s basketball player-of-the-week. Slaughter, a sophomore from Cherokee, Iowa, reached double figures in each of the Chargers’ games last week. She tallied a double double in a win over Midland, finishing with 17 points and 12 rebounds. In a close loss to No. 11 Morningside she filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, six assists, five rebounds and five steals. She shot 40% from the field and was 85.7 percent from the charity stripe.
