ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State Lady Rangers finished 1-1 this past week with an overtime loss to Southeastern Oklahoma State and a dominating win over East Central 59-38. Payton Jones for Northwestern earned Great American Conference Defensive Player of the Week for December 16th-December 22nd.

Jones helped lead the Rangers defensively as she finished the week with eight steals, a block and 13 rebounds including 10 defensive rebounds between the two games

In the Southeastern game Jones finished with four steals and two rebounds in the game while adding 20 points in the loss.

She followed that game with a double double performance with 11 rebounds and 20 points while finishing with a block and four steals in the win.

Payton Jones is the second Lady Ranger to earn player of the week and second to earn defensive player of the week after Camille Thomas earned the honors earlier in the season.

Northwestern will be off until January 4th when the Rangers are in Shawnee against Oklahoma Baptist Saturday evening.