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NewWest guard named university player of the week

New West grad Rachael Sider was named the University of Toronto female athlete of the week on Feb. 3.

New West grad Rachael Sider was named the University of Toronto female athlete of the week on Feb. 3.

The third-year Sider drained huge game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the varsity Blues' women's basketball team to a come-from-behin 66-65 win over the York Lions on Feb. 2.

The 5-10 guard also garnered her first career double-double for the Blues, matching her career-high 21 points while setting a new personal-best with 10 rebounds.

Earlier in the week, Sider scored a game-high 18 points to lead Toronto to a 69-54 win over Laurentian to remain in third place in Ontario's East division.