By: Scott Eddy, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications
The GoBonnies.com Student-Athletes of the Week presented by CPL for the week ending Dec. 14 are women's basketball graduate student Laycee Drake and men's basketball senior Frank Mitchell.
Drake tallied a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double to help the Bonnies to a 60-57 win on the road at Mercyhurst Friday evening. Drake started the game a perfect 5-for-5 from the field, scoring all 12 of the Bonnies first quarter points. She finished the game 8-for-11 from the floor and 3-for-4 from beyond the arc and also registered a pair of steals.
Her efforts have keyed a 9-3 start to the season for the Bonnies, the best for the program since 2015.
Mitchell averaged 23 points and 16.5 rebounds in two games last week and was also honored as the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
In a win over Colgate, he tallied 19 points and 18 rebounds, including 11 offensive boards. Against Ohio on Saturday, he celebrated his 24th birthday with a career-high 27 points to go along with 15 rebounds.
For the week, he connected on nearly 59 percent of his field goal attempts (20-for-34).
