Mid-American Conference

East Division
Cierra Dillard, Buffalo, Guard
Senior - Rochester, NY/Gates Chili
Senior guard Cierra Dillard continued her outstanding play for the Bulls last week as she helped UB collect a win over Niagara and gave #3 Oregon all they could handle in a loss on Sunday afternoon. Dillard was lights out for the Bulls as she finished the week averaging 28.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 46.3% from the floor. On Wednesday night, Dillard led the Bulls with 25 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists across 32 minutes while going 9-for-17 from the floor and 3-for-6 from behind the arc in UB's 88-61 win. On Sunday night in a showdown at #3 Oregon, Dillard proved she is one of the best players in the country as she went off for a season-high 32 points, five assists and four rebounds in 40 minutes of work as the Bulls fell 102-82 on the road. The 30-point effort for Dillard was the third of her career as she has now notched 20 points in each game this season and seven straight overall dating back to last season. In her last seven games, the senior is averaging 27.6 points/game.

West Division
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan, Guard
Senior - Wayland, Michigan/Wayland
The senior guard put together another solid week for the Chippewas averaging 29 PPG over a two-game home stand with South Dakota State (11/12) and Western Kentucky (11/17). In a 80-71 loss to the Jackrabbits on Monday, Hudson finished with a team-high 24 points on 5-of-15 shooting and was 3-of-9 from three point distance. Hudson also surpassed a pair of program records in the contest becoming CMU's all-time leader in career assists while also setting a new record for career three-pointers made. In a 108-90 bounce back win over the Lady Toppers on Saturday, Hudson put up a season-best 34 points on an 8-of-14 shooting performance which included a 6-of-11 clip from behind the arc.

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Megan Carter, Kent State, Guard
R-Junior - Farmington Hills, Michigan/North Farmington
Megan Carter led the Golden Flashes to a 2-0 record at the Kent State Classic with averages of 16.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists. Carter scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds Saturday vs. Northern Kentucky and added 18 points and a career-high six assists Sunday vs. Oakland.

Errin Hodges, Northern Illinois, Guard
Sophomore - Evansville, Indiana/Central
Hodges led NIU with a career-high 17 points on Sunday in a 70-59 win over Northern Iowa at the NIU Convocation Center in the consolation round of the Preseason WNIT. The sophomore was 6-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 at the foul line in a career-high 26 minutes. Hodges has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games for the first time in her career after scoring 10 points at Iowa State on Nov. 11.

CeCe Hooks, Ohio, Guard
Sophomore - Dayton, Ohio/Thurgood Marshall
Sophomore guard Cece Hooks (Dayton, Ohio) helped the Ohio women's basketball team (3-0) start a season 3-0 for the fourth time in the last five years, helping the Bobcats earn a pair of victories last week by averaging a team-high 20.5 points (41 points) and 4.0 steals (eight steals) while ranking second on the squad with 7.0 rebounds (14 rebounds) and 5.5 assists (11 assists) per game. Hooks led all scorers with 20 points off of a career-high nine made field goals as Ohio dominated the final 20 minutes of play in an 86-49 rout of Binghamton last Thursday (Nov. 15) at the Convocation Center. She also chipped in eight rebounds, a game-high seven assists and two steals in 23 minutes. Hooks then led all scorers with a season-high 21 points in a dominant 100-60 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Sunday (Nov. 18) at the Convo, going 7-of-10 from the field. She also chipped in six rebounds, four assists and a game-high six steals in 23 minutes.

Savannah Kluesner, Miami, Forward
Junior - St. Charles, Mo./Lutheran
Savannah Kluesner had the best game of her career in a 78-59 win at Detroit Mercy on Friday. Kluesner set new career-highs in points (25), field goals made (11) and minutes played (33) against Detroit Mercy while tying her career-high with three assists. She shot 11-for-15 (.733) from the floor and added three free throws. Kluesner leads the Miami offense in total points and rebounds this season.

Courtnie Lewis, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Sophomore - Belton, Michigan/Belton
Courtnie Lewis once again led the Eastern Michigan women's basketball team offensively in a win over Illinois State, Nov. 17. Lewis dropped a game-high 16 points, including a trio of triples, while also adding two rebounds and a career-high two blocks against the Redbirds. For the season, Lewis is shooting 54.2 percent from the field and 53.8 percent from three-point range.

Morgan McMillen, Bowling Green, Guard
Freshman - Berlin, Ohio/Hiland
Bowling Green freshman guard Morgan McMillen averaged 22.5 points per game as the Falcons went 2-0 last week. McMillen shot 52.4% from three-point range, going 11-for-21 from the arc in the two wins. In just her second game as a Falcon, McMillen scored 32 points and tied the school single-game record by making eight three-point field goals as BG defeated Marshall, 99-76. The point total was just two shy of BG's freshman record. She was 11-of-14 from the floor, including 8-for-11 from the arc, in that win. Then, McMillen had 13 points and a game-high four steals in BG's 61-60 win over Robert Morris. She hit three more triples, and the last of her four steals came in the final second of play to seal the win.

Mariella Santucci, Toledo, Guard
Junior - Bologna, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Sabin
Junior Mariella Santucci averaged a team-high 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.0 steals in a pair of Toledo victories this past week, Santucci shot an impressive 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from the field, including 42.9 percent (3-of-7) from three-point land, and a squad-best 90.0 percent (9-of-10) from the charity stripe in 29.5 minutes. The two-year letter winner posted an outstanding plus-56 plus/minus mark in wire-to-wire wins vs. Iona and Duquesne. In Wednesday's home opener against the Gaels, Santucci finished with 11 points, five caroms and five helpers in 25 minutes. Four days later vs. the Dukes, she finished with a game-high 19 points, a squad-tying best seven boards and three dimes in a team-high 34 minutes.

Megan Sefcik, Akron, Guard
R-Senior - Austintown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch
Redshirt senior Megan Sefcik was key to the Akron women's basketball team beginning the 2018-19 season 3-0 as the guard led the Zips in scoring in three-straight games. Sefcik turned in a stat line of 21.0 points per game, shot 23-of-42 (.548) from the floor, connected on 15 three-pointers in 32 attempts, grabbed 3.7 rebounds, dished out 2.0 assists, and ripped 2.6 steals per contest. Sefcik scored 18, 23, and 22 points respectively and hit at least four triples in all three contests, including a season-high six against Northern Kentucky.