NEW YORK (Jan. 13, 2026) ---
Perri Page of Columbia University and
Kadidia Toure of Long Island University have been named Division I Women’s Co-Players of the Week by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
The designation, for games played Jan. 5-11, is unique in that it encompasses players from 21 Met area schools in Division I.
The MBWA weekly honor is the second this season and for her career for Page (Dec. 16), and the first-ever for Toure.
A 5-11 senior guard/forward from Pittsburgh, PA, Page --- who also was named Ivy League player of the week --- tied her career highs of 24 points and 12 rebounds while adding a game-high five steals in the Lions (10-5, 1-1) only game last week, a 58-55 victory at Harvard.
She drilled 64.3% of her shots from the field (9-of-14), including 2-of-2 from 3-point range.
With the game tied at 55, Page drove the lane and scored with 1.9 seconds left that proved to be the game winner. Fouled on the play, she followed with a successful free throw. It was Page's second game-winning basket in the final seconds this season, having produced the feat Dec. 9 at Seton Hall with 0.7 seconds remaining.
Page scored 12 first-quarter points (5-6 FG, 2-2 3FG) to help Columbia race out to a 20-3 lead. She went on to register her third double-double of the season and the fifth of her career.
Saturday's win was Columbia’s 15th straight in a true road game, the longest active road winning streak in the nation.
A 6-3 senior forward from Silver Spring, MD, Toure --- who also was named Northeast Conference player of the week --- led the Sharks (9-6, 4-0) to a pair of triumphs on the road last week, defeating Mercyhurst 86-81 and Saint Francis 77-61.
She poured in a career-high 29 points with 14 rebounds Thursday at Mercyhurst, then followed with 22 points and 10 rebounds Saturday at Saint Francis.
Toure now has seven double-doubles this season, leading the NEC and tied for 20th nationally.
This is the first 4-0 start for LIU in NEC play since the 2001-02 season.
Players receiving MBWA Division I Honorable Mention for the week: Diaka Berete, Stony Brook; Beautiful Waheed, St. John’s.
Previous MBWA 2025-26 Division I Women’s Players of the Week: Dec. 9,
Kaety L'Amoreaux, Fairfield; Dec. 16,
Perri Page, Columbia; Dec. 23,
Perri Page, Columbia.
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