Mid-American Conference

MAC East Player of the Week
Kiyanna Black, Ohio, Guard
Junior, Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric
Black led the Bobcats to a decisive 71-55 victory at Akron on Feb. 21, dropping 31 points, a season high, and added three rebounds to the mix. Black went 10-of-24 from the field and 4-of-12 from beyond the arc. More importantly, Black was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Black also added an assist, a block and two steals during her 32 minutes on the court. THe victory helped Ohio improve to 21-4 (12-2 MAC). On Feb. 18 against Eastern Michigan Black had 12 points and two rebounds in the 73-61 loss. She went 5-of-13 from the field and 2-of-9 from three point range. She also added two assists and a steal.

MAC West Player of the Week
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, Toledo, Guard
Freshman, London, England/Greig City Academy
Freshman Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott averaged a team-high 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in a pair of Toledo victories this past week. Bravo-Harriott shot an impressive 52.0 percent (13-of-25) from the field, including 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from three-point range, in 29.5 minutes per contest. The 2014-15 College Sports Madness MAC Freshman of the Year opened the week with a  season-high six three-point field goals and totaled a season-best 24 points, to go along with a season-high six caroms and two helpers in 31 minutes vs. Northern Illinois on Wednesday. The first-year Rocket followed up that performance against the Huskies with 10 points, a season-high seven boards, three helpers and a squad-best two thefts at Eastern Michigan on Saturday. Bravo-Harriott has now scored in double figures in a season-best five-consecutive games and on 12 occasions this season.
Overall in 2014-15, Bravo-Harriott is averaging 9.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.6 steals in 22.3 minutes per game. She currently ranks seventh in the MAC in three-point field goals made (1.7), 10th in three-point field goal percentage (.357, 40-of-112) and 25th in scoring.
In MAC games, Bravo-Harriott is contributing 11.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.1 apg and 0.8 spg in 25.6 mpg.


Other Nominees:
Sina King, Akron, F
Senior, Waterford, Ohio
Senior Sina King continued her outstanding campaign this past week turning in a 16-point, 12-rebound performance in the Zips’ setback versus Ohio this past Saturday.
The double-double was her team-leading 12th of the season and marked the 36th consecutive contest and 81st overall in which she had posted a double-figure scoring game.
She nearly had a double-double by halftime pulling down nine first-half rebounds, while adding six points.
With her scoring efforts versus the Bobcats, King has registered 1,502 points and 823 rebounds to become only the fourth player in program history to notch at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds as a Zip. She joins Rachel Tecca (2009-14), Cheryl Bowles (1997-2001) and Pam Arnold (1984-88) in that exclusive club.
On the season, King is averaging team highs in scoring (19.9), rebounding (8.9), field-goal percentage (.488), free-throw percentage (.762) and blocks (15).

Nathalie Fontaine, Ball State, Forward
Junior, Stockholm, Sweden
American Conference West Division after posting a 73-64 victory during mid-week action against Central Michigan and a 51-50 thriller at Northern Illinois Saturday.  Fontaine registered a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double in the past four games against the Chippewas.  She has scored double figures in 22 of 24 games this year and has had a career-best 15 rebounds in two games.  Fontaine ended the week with a 12-point performance at Northern Illinois while adding five rebounds to the victory.  For the week Fontaine averaged 17.5 points per game, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists.

Miriam Justinger, Bowling Green, G/F
Junior, Sylvania, Ohio (Northview)
Bowling Green junior Miriam Justinger scored 19 points in the team’s lone game of the week, a narrow loss to Kent State. Justinger led all scorers in the game, and her point total was a season high. She added four rebounds and a pair of assists, going 6-of-10 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free-throw line. Justinger made 2-of-4 three-point field-goal attempts. Justinger scored 15 points in the second half alone, when she was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and 4-of-4 from the stripe. On the season, she is averaging 10.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, good for second on the team in both categories, and she leads BGSU in assists (2.2 apg) and ranks second in steals (1.1 spg). In MAC games, Justinger has 11.4 ppg and 5.2 rpg, again ranking second on the Falcons in both categories.

Mackenzie Loesing, Buffalo, G
Junior, Cincinnati, OH / St. Ursula Academy
Junior Mackenzie Loesing posted 22.0 points per game to lead the Bulls during a 1-1 week. She averaged 4.0 steals per game while shooting 44.4 percent (16-for-36) from the floor in 29.0 minutes per game. Loesing led UB for the seventh time this season with 19 points in the Bulls' 59-57 victory over Kent State on Wednesday. She again paced UB posting her third 20-point game of the season with a game-best 25-point performance Saturday against Miami (OH). She went 10-for-19 from the field. Her weekly scoring performance moved her into 10th all-time in program history with 1,157 points.

Da’Jourie Turner, Central Michigan, Guard
Junior, Detroit, Mich. (Warren Fitzgerald)
Central Michigan’s Da’Jourie Turner dished our a career-high 10 assists on Wednesday against Ball State.Turner’s 10 assists is second-best in the conference this year and tied for eighth-best in single game history at CMU. The junior finished with eight points and four boards. Turner scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Central Michigan women's basketball team to a win over Western Michigan on Saturday, 63-51.

Cha Sweeney, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Sophomore, Toledo, Ohio-Rogers
Eastern Michigan University sophomore Cha Sweeney had a fantastic week as the Eagles turned in a 2-1 week that included a wins in back-to-back wins at Miami, Feb. 17, and MAC-leader Ohio, Feb. 18. Sweeney averaged 20.0 points a contest while adding 4.7 assists and 1.7 steals. A total of 11 of her 60 points this week came off of free throws, while also connecting on five three-point attempts. The Toledo, Ohio product lead the Eagles win 23 points in the upset of the Bobcats, including going 6-of-6 at the free throw line as EMU was 19-for-19 at the stripe in the second period. She followed it up with her 19th career 20-point effort as she dropped 21 points versus Toledo to go along with four steals as she battled through foul troubles. Earlier in the week at Miami, Sweeney dished out eight assists and 16 points in the makeup victory.

CiCi Shannon, Kent State, C
Senior, Hazel Crest, Ill.
CiCi Shannon was a road warrior this week as she led the Golden Flashes in a strong showing at Buffalo and Bowling Green.  She posted a double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds in a close game at Buffalo as Kent State narrowly fell to the Bulls.  She had another strong game at the Stroh Center Saturday night with ten points and eight rebounds to help Kent State win at Bowling Green for the first time in 11 years and to sweep the regular season series against the Falcons for the first time since the 2002 season.  Shannon also blocked two shots to bring her career total to 129 in two seasons at Kent State.

Baleigh Reid, Miami, Guard
Freshman, Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg
Reid continued her amazing play as of late as the RedHawks continued to show improvement in a 1-1 week. She averaged 16.5 points per game and shot 43.5 percent (10-for-23) from the field. Against Eastern Michigan, Reid scored a team-high 15 points and also had two assists in 33 minutes of action. She was even better as Miami defeated Buffalo on the road on Saturday. Reid finished with a career-high 18 points on 5-for-9 shooting. She brought in four rebounds and had an assist and a steal in 29 minutes of action. Reid is averaging 14.4 points per game over her past seven games.

Amanda Corral, NIU, Guard
Senior, Hobart, Ind./Hobart
Amanda Corral surpassed the 1,400 point barrier in her NIU career this past week, moving up to No. 12 all-time in program history with 1,433 points. At Toledo Wednesday, the senior scored 27 points for her fifth game of 25 points or more this season.
The game was the 75th of her career with at least 10 points.
Versus Ball State on Senior Day, Corral scored 16 points with three assists and a career-high four steals. She shot over 50 percent in both games to finish the week with a clip of .548. She was 3-for-7 behind the arc for a .429 average.