NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. - Lauren Gatto continued her exceptional play for the Niagara women’s basketball team to earn Student-Athlete of the Week honors. 
 
She led the Purple Eagles in a pair of victories over Loyola and St. Peter’s with 16.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg and a 56.5 percent (13-23) field goal percentage.
 
In Thursday’s win over Loyola, Gatto recorded her second double-double in as many games, and fourth of the season, with 16 points and 10 rebounds.  She shot 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from the floor and hit 4-of-5 free throws. 
 
Against Saint Peter’s on Saturday she scored another 16 points behind a 7-for-12 (58.3 percent) effort from the floor, and brought in a pair of rebounds. 
 
The Mayfield, Ohio native added two blocks and a steal on the week as well.
 
Gatto and the Purple Eagles take their three-game win streak on the road starting with a nationally televised battle against Marist on ESPNU on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m., and wrapping up on Feb. 17 in Loudonville, N.Y. against Siena for a 2 p.m. tip-off.