OVC/MVC Weekly Winners

Dinnebier Makes National List

(St. Louis, MO) – Drake’s Katie Dinnebier headlines a list of outstanding weekly winners of the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conference honors. Dinnebier is one of five women named to the USBWA’s ‘Ann Meyers Drysdale Women’s National Players of the Week’ team.

Players of the Week

Little Rock won two games and Faith Lee produced two, double-digit scoring performances. Lee scored tallied 26 and 23 points during the Trojan victories and is the OVC’s ‘Player of the Week’. She is Little Rock’s leading scorer (16.4 ppg).

Dinnebier landed on the USBWA team and claimed her fifth MVC ‘Player of the Week’ award by averaging 23.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds as Drake swept its two games. The Bulldog star is one of just four players nationally who average 20 points (20.3) and five assists (7.2).

Dinnebier ranks in the top twenty on Drake’s all-time scoring list (1,575), third in assists (636) and seventh in steals (222).

Newcomer Weekly Winners

Tennessee Tech’s Keely Carter claimed her second OVC ‘Newcomer of the Week’. The TTU grad student averaged 19 points as the Golden Eagles swept their two games. She scored 23 points against Southern Indiana.

Missouri State’s Sarah Linthacum is now a two-time MVC ‘Newcomer of the Week’. The Bears swept their two games and Linthacum averaged 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and three assists during the victories. Her 17-point, eight-rebound performance was the highlight of the Bears’ victory over Belmont.

Rookies Are Shining

 Zoe Best became the third OVC freshman to land her second ‘Freshman of the Week’ award. The Southeast Missouri guard averaged 21 points, during a busy three-game week for the Redhawks. Tennessee State’s Somah Kamara (three times) and Morehead State’s Chrishawn Coleman are the other rookies with multiple weekly honors.

Another multiple weekly winner is Illinois State’s Donleelah Washington. The 6’1 forward is the Valley’s ‘Freshman of the Week’ and now has earned that distinction three times. Washington just missed posting two, double-doubles. She scored 15 points and grabbed ten rebounds against Indiana State and tallied ten points and grabbed nine boards against Evansville.

Evansville’s Camryn Runner has received the honor five times.

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Editor: Cover photo of Katie Dinnebier, courtesy of godrakebulldogs.com.