IUP sophomore forward Jahzinga Tracey has been named the PSAC West Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season.  This is the fourth time that Tracey has received the award from the PSAC this season.

Tracey recorded a pair of double-doubles in a 1-1 week for IUP.  She had a total of 61 points and 27 rebounds while making 25 of 48 shots from the field in a win over Shippensburg and a loss at Lock Haven.

In a thrilling 83-82 overtime win over the Red Raiders that gave IUP the PSAC West title, Tracey scored 36 points and pulled down 14 rebounds.  Her point total was just two shy of the school record held by Cindy Davies against Clarion in 1985.

Tracey hit 15 of 25 shots and her 15 field goals matched the school record that had been done three previous times, most recently by Cathy Torchia against Clarion in 1992.  She was also 5 of 6 from the line and added two assists and two steals.

Tracey scored 27 of her points in the second half and overtime to help the Crimson Hawks wipe out a seven-point halftime deficit.  She had 21 points in the second half and the first two baskets of the extra session to give IUP a lead it would never relinquish.

In the regular season finale against Lock Haven, Tracey scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the year.  She also had two assists and three steals.

Her 61 points in the two games gives her 501 on the season, making her just the second player in IUP history to reach the 500-plateau for a season.  She is 36 shy of the record of 537 set by Jacquie Negrelli in 2001-02.

Tracey is averaging 18.6 points per game, good for third in the PSAC and currently the fourth highest single season mark in school history.  She also stands third in the conference in rebounding (9.5), second in steals (2.96) and 10th in field goal percentage (.459).

In addition to those numbers, Tracey leads the team in blocked shots with 14, has hit 24 of 78 shots from 3-point range and is a 71.0 percent shooter from the free throw line (71 of 100).  She is fifth on the team with 47 assists.

Her 203 field goals made are just three behind Dianne Corvello's single season record set in 1983-84 while her 442 field goal attempts are a new IUP record.  She has scored 20 or more points 11 times this season, including seven of the final nine games.

IUP is 19-8 on the season and won the PSAC West with a 9-3 division record.  The Crimson Hawks host Edinboro in a PSAC playoff quarterfinal game Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Memorial Field House.

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