FHSU Sports Information Department
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State senior guard Beth Bohuslavsky earned MIAA Women’s Basketball Co-Athlete of the Week honors for her instrumental role in a pair of victories to open MIAA play last week. She shares the honor with Emporia State’s Kelly Moten this week. Bohuslavsky helped the No. 5 ranked Tigers defeat Washburn and No. 1 ranked Emporia State to improve to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the MIAA.
Bohuslavsky was the key to Fort Hays State’s 71-70 win over No. 1 Emporia State on Saturday. Not only did she have a team-high 21 points and six rebounds in the game, she also hit the game-deciding shot and forced a turnover on Emporia State’s last possession of the game with two seconds left. She went 2-of-2 beyond the 3-point line in the game, hitting the second at 1:34 remaining in the game to put FHSU up 71-64. ESU had the last chance offensively in the game down by just one, but Bohuslavsky dashed to the block after an entry pass and tied up Kathryn Flott for a jump ball before she could get a shot away at the buzzer. FHSU got the ball back and ran out the clock. Bohuslavsky had eight of her 21 points in the fourth quarter. Earlier on Wednesday, she had 17 points and three assists in a 62-54 win over Washburn. She averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 2.5 assists per game for the week.
FHSU has now won three of the last five meetings with ESU. Both teams have been in the top 10 of the WBCA rankings for all five of those games. This was also the first time Fort Hays State defeated the No. 1 ranked team in the nation.
Moten averaged 21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks for No. 1 ranked Emporia State last week. She had a career high 31 points with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal in Emporia State’s 73-64 win at Nebraska-Kearney. She had 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in the Lady Hornet’s loss at No. 5 Fort Hays State.