OVERLAND PARK – The first set of Heart of America Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Weekly honors were handed out Monday, and Benedictine Women's Basketball earned its first honors of the season.

Riley Bruggeman was named the Heart Women's Basketball Defensive Player Of the Week, presented by WinWon Technologies, for her efforts in Benedictine's 2-0 start to the season.

In Friday's win over Ottawa University, Bruggeman recorded a career-high 10 steals as the Ravens earned a 76-65 win. She followed that up with 3 steals in Saturday's 78-76 win over the University of St. Mary.

In addition to her steals, she also averaged 5.5 rebounds over the two games while scoring 17 in each.

Benedictine hosts the annual Holiday Inn Express Classic on Friday and Saturday as they welcome in (13) Evangel University, John Brown University and Mission University. The Ravens take on Evangel at 8 p.m. Friday before closing out the Classic at 2 p.m. Saturday with Mission.

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