Mid-American Conference

 
East Division
Cierra Dillard, Buffalo, Guard
Senior – Rochester, New York/Gates Chili
Senior Cierra Dillard continued to fill up the stat sheet for the Bulls this past week as they continued their extended road trip.  She averaged 23.0 points per game, while adding 5.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 4.0 steals per game.  Dillard, who entered the week as the nation's leading scorer, has now scored 20 or more points in all eight games this season. She notched a double-double at Canisius with 25 points and 10 assists, while also finishing with six steals in the win over the crosstown rivals. Dillard added 21 points, eight rebounds, and five assists against the Flyers as she went a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line.
 
West Division
Mikayla Voigt, Northern Illinois, Guard
Senior – Slinger, Wisconsin/Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Mikayla Voigt broke two NIU and MAC single-game records in the Huskies’ 86-61 win over Western Illinois on Saturday. Voigt scored 52 points and made 11 three-pointers, breaking the NIU and MAC records for those two statistical categories. The senior was 19-for-25 from the field, 11-for-15 from the three-point line, and 3-for-3 at the foul line. She also had a career-high 11 rebounds for her second straight double-double. Voigt’s 52 points and 11 threes are the second-most in a single-game this season in Division I. She’s the first Huskie to score over 50 points in a single game, and her 19 made field goals tied the NIU single-game record set by Charmonique Stallworth in 1996. On Friday night against Southern Illinois, Voigt had 19 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and three steals. For the week, Voigt averaged 35.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, three assists, and 2.5 steals per game. She shot 62.5 percent from the floor and the three-point line in NIU’s two games at the Compass Challenge.

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Lauren Dickerson, Miami, Guard
Junior – Indianapolis, Indiana/Lawrence North
Junior guard Lauren Dickerson led the Miami offense as the RedHawks improved to 7-1 on the season with two dominating wins last week. The RedHawks' 7-1 record is the best start in program history with Dickerson leading the way in scoring so far. Against Cincinnati (78-65) and Valpo (68-47), Dickerson scored 17.5 points per game, was 7-for-12 (.583) from behind the arc and averaged 7.0 assists per game. With last week's games, Dickerson moved into eighth in Miami history with 342 career assists and is now tied for 10th with 1132 field goals attempted, in addition to already being in the top 10 in three other categories.
 
Lorraine Enabulele, Eastern Michigan, Forward
R-Senior – Ajax, Ontario/Notre Dame
Redshirt senior Lorraine Enabulele (Ajax, Ontario-Notre Dame (Kansas)) put together the best two-game stretch of her career to lead Eastern Michigan to a 2-0 record, Dec. 5-8. Enabulele averaged a double-double with 10.5 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per contest, while also adding 2.5 steals per night. She kicked off the week tying a career-high with 11 points and grabbing a career-best 17 rebounds in EMU's win over Detroit Mercy, Dec. 5. Her 17 rebounds rank as the sixth-most in Convocation Center history, as well as the third-most by an Eagle on their home floor. Enabulele wrapped up the week with a 10-point, four rebound performance at Purdue Fort Wayne, Dec. 8. She was one of five Eagles to score in double figures, marking the first time EMU has accomplished that feat since 2015.
 
Kadie Hempfling, Bowling Green, Forward
Freshman – Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorff
Bowling Green freshman forward Kadie Hempfling had a well-rounded game in the Falcons' lone contest of the week, a 74-53 road win over Canisius. Hempfling had seven points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals in the win. She led the Falcons in rebounds, tied for game honors in assists, and paced all players in steals. Hempfling had seven points, six rebounds and four assists in the first quarter alone, as BGSU took control of the game. She amassed nearly all of her stats in the first half, before playing just seven minutes in the second half as BG enjoyed a 24-point lead at the break and extended that lead to 36 points in the third period. Hempfling was directly involved in the scoring of 14 points during BGSU's game-changing 22-0 run that spanned the end of the first quarter and the start of the second, with five points and assists on three 3-point field goals in that stretch. BGSU hit 3-pointers on four-straight trips down the floor,, in a span of just 1:34. During that time, Hempfling ... 1) grabbed the defensive rebound before making the first of those triples herself; 2) came up with the steal that led to the second three; 3) assisted on the third long-range shot; and 4) also had the assist on the final trey in that span. Then, Hempfling hit a driving jumper in the final seconds of the period to give BG a 27-8 lead after one quarter, and just for good measure, kicked the ball out to a teammate for yet another three-pointer that opened the second period and capped that 22-0 run. The freshman is averaging 6.5 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds per game this season, and she is second on the Falcons in both assists (3.6 apg) and steals (1.1 spg).
 
CeCe Hooks, Ohio, Guard
Sophomore – Dayton, Ohio/Thurgood Marshall
Sophomore guard Cece Hooks (Dayton, Ohio) helped lead the Ohio women's basketball team to its second 8-0 start to a season in program history and first since the 1985-86 campaign with a pair of victories at the Convocation Center in Athens last week. Hooks averaged a team-high 19.0 points, 5.5 assists and 5.0 steals per game and tied for the team lead with 5.0 rebounds per contest. She shot 46.4 percent (13-of-28) from the field to rank second on the squad. Behind a career-high 31 points from Hooks, Ohio earned an 80-73 win over Big Ten Conference foe Purdue on Wednesday (Dec. 5). Hooks led all scorers, going 11-of-20 from the field and 9-of-15 from the free throw line to record her second career game with at least 30 points. She also chipped in a team-high seven rebounds, a game-high five assists and a game-high five steals in 38 minutes. The Bobcats beat the Boilermakers for the second year in a row and beat a Big Ten opponent at the Convo for the second time in the last three years. On Saturday (Dec. 8) in an 87-62 victory over Coppin State, Hooks added seven points, a game-high six assists and a game-high five steals in 24 minutes.
 
Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo, Center
Senior – Toledo, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy
Senior Kaayla McIntyre averaged a team-high 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, a squad-best 2.5 blocks and 0.5 steals in two games last week. McIntyre shot an efficient 56.0 percent (14-of-25) from the field & an impressive 83.3 percent (5-of-6) from the free throw line in 30.5 minutes. The 2017-18 third-team All-MAC selection was one of two Rockets to score in double figures in both non-conference games. She opened the week with a game-high 23 points, seven caroms and two rejections at Cleveland State on Wednesday to surpass the 20-point plateau for the second time this year and 10th occasion as a Rocket. She followed up that performance against the Vikings with 10 points, two boards, three dimes and a game-high three blocked shots in a season-high 33 minutes at Notre Dame on Saturday. McIntyre is the only Rockets to register at least 10 points in all nine games this year.
 
Jasmyn Walker, Western Michigan, Forward
Senior – Muskegon, Michigan/Mona Shores
Redshirt Senior Jasmyn Walker helped guide the Broncos to a 1-1 week, totaling double-digit scoring numbers in both games. Versus Loyola, Walker was one rebound shy of a double-double along with being two rebounds shy of a double-double in the road victory at Detroit Mercy. Walker converted a team-high five field goals, tying for the team-lead with 11 points at Detroit Mercy to lead WMU to its first road win of the season.