Northwest Notes Feb. 16, 2021

| February 16, 2021 1:00 AM

Zags' Jenn Wirth named WCC Player of the Week

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Gonzaga senior forward Jenn Wirth was named the West Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.

This is the second recognition of WCC Player of the Week for Wirth this season.

Wirth helped No. 16 Gonzaga to wins over San Francisco and Santa Clara to remain undefeated in WCC play at 13-0 as the senior forward averaged 13.0 points per contest shooting 52.4 percent from the floor to go along with 9.0 rebounds per game. Wirth added 2.0 assists, 0.5 blocks and 0.5 steals over the weekend.

Idaho's Harrington earns Big Sky women's basketball honors

FARMINGTON, Utah — For the first time this season, Gabi Harrington earned the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honor as announced by the conference office Monday morning.

In a pair of games against Idaho State, Harrington, a graduate transfer from Montana, averaged 23.5 points and 11 rebounds per game to go along with 1.5 steals and 1.0 assists per game. Harrington shot 47 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range on the weekend, averaging 4.0 made three-pointers per game.

Harrington leads the Vandals on the season scoring 16.8 points per game and is averaging 7.0 rebounds per game. Over the last six games she is averaging 20.3 points and 10.3 rebounds.

Harrington and the Vandals will take on Portland State in a home-and-home series this week, beginning on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Memorial Gym.

WSU's Leger-Walker picks up her seventh Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor

SAN FRANCISCO — Washington Stateguard Charlisse Leger-Walker was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in women's basketball Monday for the seventh time this season.

Leger-Walker averaged 24.0 points per game in a pair of road contests against Arizona and Arizona State this past weekend. The Waikato, New Zealand scored 19 points at No. 10 Arizona on Friday, then scored a career-high 29 points at Arizona State on Sunday.

Leger-Walker becomes only the third player in Pac-12 history to earn Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors seven-or-more times, joining California's Kristine Anigwe (8x; 2015-16) and Washington's Kelsey Plum (7x; 2013-14).