Poll results: Dupo Tigers star forward/center Girls Player of the Week in southwest IL
T’Yonna Burris of Dupo High School is the winner of this week’s Belleville News-Democrat Girls Player of the Week high school basketball poll, as selected by readers of bnd.com.
In recent action, Burris, a senior, power forward/center, averaged 18 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the Tigers wins over Gibault (58-51) and Valmeyer (49-34). Against the Hawks, Burris posted 15 points and 14 rebounds and followed that with 21 points and 19 rebounds against the Pirates.
Burris, who secured 48% of the votes, finished the season averaging 9.8 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.77 steals per game for the Tigers, who went 14-12 this winter.
Here were the other candidates from the week of Feb. 6-10:
- Laila Blakeny, Alton High School, senior, G. Blakeny posted 21 points in a 73-45 win over Visitation and 30 points in a 68-38 victory against Collinsville.
- Shannon Dowell, O’Fallon High School, senior, G. Dowell posted 21 points and 6 rebounds in a 56-20 victory over Collinsville.
- Karsen Jany, Columbia High School, senior, G. Jany posted 27 points and 9 rebounds in a 52-35 win over Roxana and 20 points along with 5 assists in a 70-30 victory against Red Bud.
- Kylie Kisgen, Freeburg High School, senior, G. Kisgen posted 19 points in a 48-46 win against Breese Central and 18 points in a 55-48 loss against Waterloo.
- Alyssa Koerkenmeier, Mater Dei Catholic High School, sophomore, C. Koerkenmeier collected 14 points and 9 rebounds in a 40-34 win against Civic Memorial and 6 points and 4 rebounds in a 37-24 win against Pinckneyville.
The poll ended at 8 a.m. Friday.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers.
The next poll will appear on the BND’s website — www.bnd.com — at 5 a.m. Wednesday. Please email nominations to gvartanian@bnd.com.
Previous poll winners: Taylor Smith of Belleville East High School; Cole Stuart of Freeburg High School; Dylan Murphy of Columbia High School; Clareece Davis of Althoff Catholic High School; the Freeburg-Columbia Holiday Tournament; Jordan Lewis of Althoff Catholic High School; Karsen Jany of Columbia High School; David Marshall Jr. of Belleville West High School; Marshall Jr.; Addi Dilley of Red Bud High School; Chase Lewis of Breese Central High School; Sophia Loden of Mascoutah High School; Loden; Lane Otten of Freeburg High School; Bennett Briles of Nashville High School; and Kaylyn Wiley of Granite City High School.