Tietje Selected to D3hoops.com National Team of the Week

DEFIANCE, OHIO  --  Defiance College senior forward Kelsey Tietje (Deshler/Patrick Henry) has been named to this week's D3hoops.com Women's Team of the Week.

Tietje had an impressive two game performance this past week by averaging 21.5 points and 20.5 rebounds per game, leading the Yellow Jackets to a 1-1 record.  

In her last game of the week against Hanover (Ind.) College, Tietje scored 20 points and grabbed a season-high 23 rebounds.  Her 23 boards put her over the 1,000-rebound mark for her career, becoming just the third DC women's player to reach that plateau.  The 23 rebounds were also three shy of tying her own single-game record (26) and it marked the third 20-point, 20-rebound effort of her career.

Also for the week, Tietje shot 51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the field and had eight blocked shots to go along with two assists.

So far this season, Tietje has recorded a double-double in every game played.  She leads the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in both scoring (22.7 ppg.) and rebounding (15.3 rpg.).  She also currently ranks 17th and third nationally in both statistical categories.

Tietje is currently third on the DC all-time list in career rebounds with 1,005.  She is also third all-time in scoring with 1,559 points and is second all-time in blocked shots at 165.

Tietje and the Yellow Jacket women's basketball team will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio for a HCAC game against Mount St. Joseph University on Saturday, Dec. 17.  The game will be part of a basketball doubleheader with the DC men's team.  The women will begin the day with their matchup against the Lions at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3 p.m.