INDIANAPOLIS – Kentucky Wesleyan’s Bianca Barton is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Monday. The senior guard helped pace the Panthers to their first GLVC East Division title in program history last.
 
Barton scored a game-high 19 points including 2-of-2 from beyond the arc to lead Kentucky Wesleyan to a 74-67 win at Southern Indiana.  The Lady Panthers held the Screaming Eagles (17-9, 9-9 GLVC) without a field goal for the final 5:43 after a rally from USI.  In the win, Barton collected four rebounds, two assists, and one steal. 
 
The win guaranteed the Lady Panthers a share of the GLVC East Division title with Lewis. The victory also marked the second-most wins and conference victories in a season for Kentucky Wesleyan.
 
For the season, she’s averaging 9.9 points, 3.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.
 
The honor is Barton’s first of her career and the first for a Kentucky Wesleyan player since Kristen Rowe received the award on Nov. 15, 2010. 
 
No. 3 seed Kentucky Wesleyan (19-7, 14-4) will meet rival No. 6 Indianapolis (19-8, 11-7) on Friday at 12 p.m. CT.  The teams split their two meetings with KWC winning 67-61 at home on Jan. 17, while the Greyhounds earned revenge in Indianapolis on Feb. 16, 75-64.