ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Athletes of the Week - 02/19/2001

Robert Brown (Oak Park, MI/Oak Park) of the men's basketball team scored 21 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds in leading the Bulls to a 68-51 win over Eastern Michigan breaking UB's 13-game losing streak. Brown also added eight points and nine rebounds in a 59-56 loss to Ball State. Brown leads the Bulls in both scoring at 15.4 points and rebounding at 6.4 boards per contest.

Sarah Fletcher (Ridgeway, Ontario/Ridgeway-Crystal Beach) of the women's track and field team provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships winning the 20-lb. weight throw with a school-record toss of 58-10 (17.93m) at the Cornell Kane Invitational. Fletcher, the defending MAC champion in the indoor weight throw, also has the best throw in the conference this season.