(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)--Capital University sophomore Kristen Richardson (Oxford/Talawanda) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
Richardson scored 17 of her game high 21 points in the first half as the Crusaders ran out to a 40-19 halftime lead on their way to a 79-43 rout of Muskingum College last Saturday.
Richardson leads Capital and is second in the OAC in scoring averaging 17.0 points per game. She is an Organizational Communications major and the daugther of Larry and Mary Richardson of Oxford.
Capital next plays on Saturday, Dec. 29, at 3 p.m. hosting Defiance College at The Capital Center.