Missouri S&T’s Tamara McCaskill (Edwardsville, Ill.) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. McCaskill, a junior forward for the Miners, led her team to wins over Quincy and SIU Edwardsville last week.

In S&T’s 75-73 win over visiting Quincy on Thursday, McCaskill scored 16 of her game-high 19 points in the second half leading the Miners back from a three-point halftime deficit. McCaskill finished 7-for-11 (.636) from the field, 2-fo-3 (.667) from behind the three-point line and had five rebounds, three assists, two steals and a blocked shot.

She returned on Saturday to score a game-high 20 points in S&T’s 72-48 win over SIU Edwardsville. McCaskill was 8-for-11 (.727) from the field, 2-for-4 (.500) from the three-point line and had five rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot.

For the week, McCaskill averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, a steal and blocked shot per game. She shot 68.2 percent from the field, 57.1 percent from the three-point line and was 5-for-6 (.833) from the free throw line.

She is averaging 15.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this season for the Miners.

S&T (18-4, 12-3) has won three straight games and 13 of its last 15 contests. The Miners will secure a GLVC Tournament berth with a victory at Rockhurst on Thursday.

Other top performers in the GLVC last week included Drury’s Lindsay Ballweg, Kentucky Wesleyan’s LaTasha Henry, Lewis’ Lauren Martens, Quincy’s Jessica Keller, Rockhurst’s Amy Hake, Southern Indiana’s Jasmine Baines and UIndy’s Samantha Meissel.