Holmes Earns Big 12 Honor

By Katie Kane for WVUsports.com
December 10, 2012 02:13 PM

Freshman guard Bria Holmes Bria Holmes has been named this week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Freshman of the Week.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University freshman guard Bria Holmes was named this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Freshman of the Week.

The New Haven, Conn., native led all players with a career-high 15 points off the bench in West Virginia's 64-48 win against Marshall. It marked her second game in double figures and the second time she has led the Mountaineers in scoring. Holmes recorded a pair of three-pointers, to go along with five rebounds, two blocks and two steals.

She averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games as she added nine points in WVU's 64-47 win against St. Bonaventure. Holmes earns the first-ever Big 12 honor for West Virginia women’s basketball.

The Mountaineers will play host to Youngstown State on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum.

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