Poock Outshines All Others
(St. Louis, MO) – Two players are racking up outstanding women’s performances and weekly awards, but this week Murray State’s Halli Poock was spectacular. Evansville’s Camryn Runner and Western Illinois’ Mia Nicastro have each received a third weekly award.
Northern Iowa (15th), Southern Indiana (18th), Belmont (19th) and Drake (24th) are ranked among CollegeInsider.com’s ‘Mid-Major Top-25’.
Players of the Week
Poock scored 30 points in one game on the way to a 21.5 point scoring average during two Murray State wins. The Valley’s ‘Player of the Week’ has scored 72 points over her last three games and ranks sixth in the MVC’s scoring race (17.6 ppg).
Tennessee Tech’s Reghan Grimes averaged 20 points per game while the Golden Eagles split a pair of games. The OVC’s ‘Player of the Week’ scored 26 during a loss to Colorado. Grimes is the sixth different player in five weeks to claim this weekly award.
Newcomer Outstanding Women’s Performances
Bradley (5-2) won its only game last week and senior Soleil Barnes scored 19 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out seven assists. The Valley’s ‘Newcomer of the Week’ (Toledo transfer) is having a solid all-round season, averaging 14 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
Two OVC players share the ‘Newcomer of the Week’. Nicastro nabbed her third such award and Tennessee Tech’s Keely Carter joins her this week. Western Illinois’ Nicastro recorded her first double-double and Carter scored 15 and ten points during Tech’s two games.
Freshmen of the Week
Evansville’s Runner grabbed her third ‘Freshman of the Week’ award by reaching the twenty-point mark for the fourth time this season. During her 21-point performance against SIUE is now third nationally in made free throws (77).
Two OVC players share this week’s ‘Freshman of the Week’ honors. Chrishawn Coleman recorded two double-digit performances (13 and 14 points). The Morehead State rookie has become an important rotational player for the Eagles.
During Tennessee Tech’s two games, Chloe Larry scored four points in one contest and then exploded with 23 in the other. Coleman and Larry end a three-week stranglehold on this weekly award, held by Tennessee State’s Somah Kamara.
The men’s award winners were named earlier.
Editor: Cover photo of Halli Poock courtesy of goracers.com.
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