William Smith's Kristen Kush was named the Liberty League Women's Basketball Co-Forward of the Week by the conference office today. She led the Herons in scoring last week, averaging 19.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.7 steals.

On Tuesday, Kush had 12 points, six boards, and three steals in a 60-51 loss to Hamilton. On Friday, she scored a game-high 27 points and collected six more caroms in an 85-62 win over Clarkson. On Saturday, Kush closed out the week with a game-high 18 points and seven rebounds in a 62-54 setback to St. Lawrence. Her scoring effort against the Golden Knights surpassed her previous career-high, while her 18 points against the Saints is her second highest total of the season. For the week, Kush shot 67.6 percent from the floor (23-34) and made all 11 of her free throw attempts.

Kush leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference in scoring (13.1 ppg). Kush also leads the team and ranks sixth in the league in field goal percentage (.452), while collecting 5.4 rpg.

William Smith (7-15, 3-9) will close out the regular season with a pair of road games this weekend. The Herons will face Rensselaer (13-9, 8-3) at 6 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 19, and then visit Vassar (8-13, 4-7) at 2 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 20.

Live Stats and streaming video for the contest against the Engineers can be found on RPIAthletics.com.