Below are the Reaching the Summit Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for games played 11/14 – 11/20. Our voters selected a senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman student-athlete they thought deserved this weekly award. Enjoy!
SENIOR OF THE WEEK: Brooklyn McDavid, Kansas City (@anaya___)
What a week for the Summit League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week! In the Roos 53-43 win over Wyoming, McDavid scored 19 points on 9-19 shooting. She also grabbed 11 rebounds to notch a solid double double, while playing a full 40 minutes. Against Grand Canyon, Brooklyn scored a team-high 29 points on 9-12 shooting, including 11-12 from the free-throw line. Week stats: 18-31 FG, 12-13 FT, 24 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2 spg, 2 apg.
ALSO RECEIVNG VOTES: Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota | Danni Nichols, Western Illinois
JUNIOR OF THE WEEK: Kacie Borowicz, North Dakota (@BorowiczKacie)
She only played in one of the two games for UND this week, but Borowicz made that performance count. In her first outing of the regular season, Kacie helped guide the Fighting Hawks past Montana State 89-85. The Roseau, MN native went 20-20 from the FT line (yes you read that correctly) and ended the game with 33 points. The 20 made free throws are a UND single-game record for most FTs made.
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: Uju Ezeudu, Denver | Natalie Bartle, Omaha
SOPHOMORE OF THE WEEK: Jada Thorpe, Western Illinois (@thorpe_jada)
There were a few good outings from the sophomores around the league this week, but the nod went to Jada Thorpe of Western Illinois. After a quiet game last Monday against Chicago State, the Leathernecks’ redshirt sophomore went off for a team-high 21 points on 54% shooting in 29 minutes of action against Bellarmine on Saturday. The Kansas State transfer also recorded six rebounds, four assists, and one steal.
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: Kennedy Flanagan, Western Illinois | Kate Burns, St. Thomas
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jade Hill, St. Thomas (@4JadeHill)
Unfortunately, there was not a box score available for St. Thomas’ first D-1 victory against South Carolina St last Thursday night, so we have no stats on Jade Hill. That being said, the voters thought her performance against Presbyterian on Saturday was good enough for her to earn the Freshman of the Week honors. Hill scored a team-high 18 points, dished out two assists, and grabbed two defensive rebounds on Saturday. She shot 6-12 from the field, including 4-6 from the FT line.
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: Paige Meyer, South Dakota State