BAY CITY, Mich. – Both Roosevelt basketball programs earned weekly honors Monday from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The first honors of the season for the men belonged to Hamahrie Bowers, who was named the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week for his dominant performance against Parkside. For the women, Marie Outlay earned her third weekly award in the last four weeks, this time earning Offensive Player of the Week honors for her game against the Rangers.

Bowers controlled the glass in the Lakers' 80-70 win over Parkside, finishing with 18 rebounds. It was the most rebounds in a game for Roosevelt in more than a decade and helped the Lakers earn their second conference win of the season. The junior from Chicago grabbed 15 defensive rebounds and used his length to heavily impact shots, a major reason the Rangers shot 1 of 15 from 3-point range in the first half.

On the offensive end, Bowers added 19 points for his fourth double-double of the season.

"Hamahrie has been excelling at both ends of the floor for us this year," Roosevelt men's basketball coach Dee Brown said. "He's really been dominating on the glass and helping us rebound the basketball much better in recent weeks. His effort rebounding the basketball was an important part of our success last week."

Outlay is no stranger to being honored by the GLIAC, picking up a third weekly award this season. However, unlike her previous two awards that recognized her defense, the junior was honored for her offense this week. The Sun Prairie, Wis. native scored 21 points on 6 of 13 shooting, attacking the rim in the second half for 15 of her points in a 59-53 win over Parkside.

More importantly, Outlay made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 22 seconds to seal the win and shot 8 of 10 overall from the foul line. The junior made the most of her one miss in the fourth quarter, outhustling the Parkside defenders for the offensive rebound to give her 10 rebounds and a double-double. Outlay secured four offensive rebounds among her total, a major reason the Lakers were able to score 16 second-chance points in the win.

"Marie has been consistently dominating on both sides of the ball for our program," Lakers women's basketball coach Deon Thomas said. "She's letting her defense fuel her offense, finishing great around the rim & finding weaknesses in opponents defenses to get the rim."