Women's Basketball

Big West Leading Scorer Vanessa McManus of Cal Poly Claims Player of the Week Award

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Player of the Week
Vanessa McManus, Cal Poly | Sophomore • Guard • Staten Island, NY

  • 8038Vanessa McManus kept up the incredible scoring start to the season for Cal Poly to claim a first career nod as Big West Player of the Week. 

  • The transfer from Saint Leo began the week with 22 points with five rebounds and two assists at Eastern Washington. 

  • McManus then scored a career-high 34 points against Southern Utah with the sophomore stretching the game to overtime with a game-tying three as regulation expired. The guard from Staten Island, NY, was 13-of-26 from the field while adding seven rebounds and four assists to the stat sheet.  

  • The 34 point-outing is the most scored by a Mustang in a game since December 2020, and is tied for 11th-most in the nation thus far this season.. 

  • McManus is averaging 25.2 points per game to top The Big West which rates sixth in NCAA Division I. 

Also Nominated: Rosie Akot (Long Beach State); Ryann Bennett (UC Davis); Zoe Borter (UC Santa Barbara); Chrishawn Coleman (Cal State Bakersfield); Makayla Rose (UC San Diego); Nicole Steiner (Cal State Fullerton); Ritoyra Tamilo (Hawai’i); Hannah Wickstrom (UC Riverside); Jada Wynn (UC Irvine)