Cal Poly senior Jonae Ervin (Brea, Calif./Brea Olinda HS) overhauled a school record that had stood for three decades, established a career scoring high and led her team to a pair of conference victories in earning Big West Women’s Basketball Player of the Week accolades.

The 5-3 guard played a key role in Cal Poly’s league-opening 78-74 overtime victory at Hawai‘i.  She tallied a career-best 37 points, making 12 of 25 from the floor, two of three from three-point land and 11 of 16 at the foul line.  She also yanked down a career-high tying 10 rebounds to secure her second double-double of the season.  Ervin’s offense helped the Mustangs claw back from as 17-point first half deficit.

In a 88-70 home victory over UC Santa Barbara, the Mustang floor general had six points, seven rebounds, two steals and five assists.  One of those helpers, at the 10:54 mark of the first half, imprinted Ervin’s name in the Mustang record book as it was her 391st career assist.  That put Ervin at No. 1 all-time, surpassing the previous record of 390 held by former great Laura Buehning (1979-82).

Ervin finished the week with a career assist mark of 394.

For the week, Ervin shot 43.3 (13 of 30) percent from the field and 68.2 (15 of 22) percent on free throws while averaging 21.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

Others nominated: Tailer Butler (Cal State Fullerton); Jennifer Tsurumoto (UC Irvine); Brittany Crain (UC Riverside); Ashleigh Karaitiana (Hawai‘i)