Mid-American Conference

MAC East Player of the Week
Sina King, Akron, Forward
Senior, Waterford, Ohio/Waterford
Senior Sina King turned in a strong week for the Zips registering 24.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in sparking Akron to a 1-1 record. For the week, King connected on 50 percent of her shots from the field, while drilling 50 percent of her attempts from downtown and making all six of her free-throw shots.
In the Zips’ 77-73 setback versus Ball State, King equaled a career high pouring in a game-high 29 points, while pulling down a game-best 11 rebounds for her team-leading ninth double-double of the season. She connected on nearly 58 percent of her shots from the floor and recorded four assists and three steals. Of her 29 points and 11 rebounds, 14 and five, respectively, came in the decisive second half. She had surpassed double digits in scoring less than 10 minutes into the game.
King then turned in her 10th double-double of the year with a 19-point, 10-rebound performance to spark the Zips to a come-from-behind 74-72 victory at Central Michigan. The win was the first for Akron in Mount Pleasant since the 2000-01 campaign. She shot 42 percent from the floor, while hitting at a 60 percent clip from beyond the arc, making a trio of three-pointers and adding three assists. She saved her best for the second half scoring 15 points and pulling down eight rebounds over the final 20 minutes.
On the season, King is averaging a team-best 20.3 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. She has scored in double figures in all 18 games for the Zips and is shooting nearly 51 percent (.507) from the field.

MAC West Co-Player of the Week
Cha Sweeney, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Sophomore, Toledo, Ohio-Rogers
Sophomore Cha Sweeney regained her 2014 MAC Freshman of the Year form in helping propel the Eagles to a 2-0 week with wins over Miami (56-38) and Toledo (75-61). Sweeney led the team in scoring in both contests with an average of 17.5 points per game while shooting 44.4 (12-of-27) from the floor. Sweeney also drilled seven treys, including tying her career high with five makes from long-range at UT. In 34 minutes versus Toledo, the Glass City native posted 23 points on 7-of-16 shootings while also grabbing three rebounds along with three assists and three steals. The win was just EMU's 10th all-time at Savage Arena and the first win against the Rockets since 2012. In two games, Sweeney and the EMU defense stepped up in record-setting fashion. Miami was held without a field goal for a total of 21:04 in a pair of scoring droughts during the contest. At Toledo, EMU locked down UT in the second half to go on a 20-9 run over a 10 minute span to take a 21-point advantage and effectively put the game out of reach.

Miracle Woods, Western Michigan, Forward
Junior, Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers
Bronco junior forward Miracle Woods averaged 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds last week, leading Western Michigan to a pair of victories. The Broncos defeated Bowling Green by 30 points, 82-52 and Kent State on the road by 23 points, 78-55. Woods had a double-double against Bowling Green with 19 points and 12 rebounds. In just 15 minutes of action against Kent State, she had 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Western Michigan's 30-point win over BGSU was the largest margin of victory over the Falcons ever in program history. WMU's win at Kent State was just its 8th ever in 24 total road trips at Kent State.


Other Nominees:
Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State, Forward
Junior, Stockholm, Sweden
In a game where the lead changed five times and the score was tied eight times, Nathalie Fontaine's 25-points lifted Ball State past Akron for the first time since the 2008-09 season.  Fontaine missed only five shots the entire contest after going 11-of-19 from the field, she also added two crucial blocks to the victory.  Fontaine would score in double figures for the 16th time in 18 games this season after leading all scorers with an 18-point performance against Ohio Saturday in Worthen Arena.  She is now 11th on the all-time scoring list with 1,281 points for her career. For the week, Fontaine averaged 21.5 points per game, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists. Fontaine went 10-of-13 (.769) from the charity strip and shot 50 percent from behind the arc while also adding two blocks and a steal.

Rachel Myers, Bowling Green, Guard
Freshman, Findlay, Ohio (Liberty-Benton)
Bowling Green freshman Rachel Myers led the Falcons in scoring last week, averaging 15.5 ppg and shooting better than 60 percent from the field BGSU split a pair of games. Myers exploded for a career-high 21 points at Western Michigan on Wednesday night, hitting 8-of-11 shots from the field and going 4-of-5 from three-point range to tie her career best in three-pointers made. Myers had 10 points in the first half and 11 in the second half of that WMU game. Then, on Saturday, Myers had 10 points as the Falcons downed Miami. On the week, Myers shot 61.1% from the floor, going 9-of-13, and she hit 4-of-7 three-point tries (57.1%). Myers was a perfect 5-for-5 from  the free-throw line. On the season, Myers is averaging 8.3 points per game, and she is second on the team with 27 three-pointers made. Myers leads the Falcons in scoring in MAC games, with 12.0 ppg, and she has hit a team-leading 15 triples in the team’s seven conference games. Myers ranks 13th in the MAC in scoring in conference games, and she is tied for first in the conference in free-throw percentage (93.8%; 15-of-16). Myers is ninth in the MAC in three-point percentage in MAC games (40.5%; 15-for-37), and she is sixth in the league in three-pointers made per game.

Kristen Sharkey, Buffalo, Forward
Senior, Manahawkin, NJ / Southern Regional
Senior Kristen Sharkey averaged 19.5 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Bulls. Sharkey, who leads the team in scoring, added 7.5 rebounds per outing to go with four steals, three blocks and two assists while shooting .378 from the floor (14-for-37). She scored a Bull-best 21 points with a career-high four threes at Toledo on Wednesday. Sharkey led UB for the sixth time this season with an 18-point performance in a come-from-behind victory Saturday against Northern Illinois. Her offensive output moved her into 18th all-time at UB with 1,053 career points. She chipped in eight boards and three blocks at UT and added seven rebounds against the Huskies.

Kerby Tamm, Central Michigan, Guard
Senior, Petoskey, Mich. (Petoskey)
Central Michigan’s Kerby Tamm had a team-high 20 points, tying her career-high, Saturday against Akron in the Chippewas’ lone game of the week. The senior shot 67 percent from downtown, going 6-of-9 on the day. Tamm’s six triples was a game-high, and tied her career high. She also pulled down four boards and added a steal in 38 minutes of play. The senior currently averages 3.2 3-pointers per game in MAC play, placing her second within the conference. Tamm’s 44 makes from downtown this season is a team-high. She currently ranks fifth in career 3-pointers made (165) in program history at CMU. 

Amanda Corral, NIU, Guard
Senior, Hobart, Ind./Hobart
Amanda Corral led the Huskies last week in scoring as she averaged 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds on the road in the Huskies longest trips of the conference season, Ohio and Buffalo. The senior scored 15 at Ohio as she finished 6-of-13 from the field, followed by an eight point, 10 rebound and two assist performance at Buffalo. Four of her 10 rebounds were on the offensive glass at Buffalo, tying her career-high.

Kiyanna Black, Ohio, Guard
Junior, Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric
Black helped lead the Bobcats to a 2-0 week and helped improve the Bobcats to 15-2 and 6-1 in the MAC. On Jan. 21 against Northern Illinois in Athens, Black scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds.She shot 5-of-13 from the field and 2-of-7 from three point range.  She also registered a team-high four steals to lead Ohio to the 67-40 victory. On Jan. 24 at Ball State, Black lead Ohio with 16 points. She also had two rebounds. She shot 6-of-18 from the field and 2-of-13 from three point range. She also drilled the decisive three-point shot and made her two free throws to seal the game for the MAC East leading Bobcats and give them the 60-53 victory.

Inma Zanoguera, Toledo, Guard
Senior, Llucmajor, Spain/IES CTEIB
Senior Inma Zanoguera averaged team highs in points (21.5 ppg), assists (5.5 apg), steals (2.0 spg) and minutes played (39.0 mpg) in two games this past week. Zanoguera shot a respectable 47.8 percent (11-of-23) from the field, including 50.0 percent (2-of-4) from three-point range, and a perfect 19-of-19 from the charity stripe. She was only one of two Rockets in score in double figures in both contests.  Zanoguera opened the week with a career-tying best 28 points against Buffalo, including 24 after the intermission to help UT overcome a double-digit deficit in the second half. She nearly posted the first triple-double in school history in the come-from-behind triumph, finishing with eight caroms and a game-high seven helpers. The fourth-year Rocket did a bulk of her damage at the free throw line, shooting a flawless 15-of-15, the second-best mark in school history. Three-days later against Eastern Michigan, the Llucmajor, Spain native totaled a team-high 15 points, three boards, four dimes, one rejection and two thefts in a game-tying best 36 minutes.