MAC Announces Women's Basketball Players of the Week
East Division
Hannah Plybon, Akron, Guard
Senior / Orrville, Ohio - Orrville
Senior Hannah Plybon led the Zips with a 17-point, six-rebound effort in a 67-57 setback versus Duquesne. Both her point and rebounding totals were team-high marks.
West Division
Meredith Shipman, Western Michigan, Guard
Senior / Fort Wayne, Indiana - Snider
Shipman guided the Broncos to their seventh straight win on Saturday, as WMU beat Bradley 83-64 for the team’s fourth straight double-digit win as well. She poured in a game-high 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting and went 5-for-9 from the beyond the arc, recording a new season-high for 3-pointers made. She also finished with six rebounds, which was second on the team and a game-high three steals, which was as many as the Braves had as a team. Shipman also led the team in minutes played (35) and tied for second in assists (3).
Other Nominees:
Renee Bennett, Ball State, Center
Senior / Muskego, Wisconsin - Muskego
Bennett tied her career best performance after scoring 28 points Sunday afternoon against Lipscomb. Bennett also recorded her third double-double of the season after pulling down 11 rebounds. She led all scorers with her 28 points and has now scored in double figures in all 10 games for the Cardinals this season.
Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott, Toledo, Guard
Senior / London, England
Junior Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott paced UT with a season-high 23 points in a season-best 34 minutes against No. 2 Notre Dame on Sunday. The 2016-17 team captain shot an efficient 8-of-16 from the field, including 5-of-10 from three-point land, and a perfect 2-of-2 from the free throw line to post at least 20 points for the sixth time in her collegiate career.
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, Guard
Senior / Gahanna, Ohio – Gahanna Lincoln
Senior guard Quiera Lampkins lead Ohio once again this past week. In Ohio's game against Michigan on Dec. 13, Lampkins scored 15 points, grabbed one rebound, had one assist, one block and one steal. Lampkins was 5-of-12 (.416) from the field and f5-of-7 from the free throw line. Lampkins played 37 minutes on the floor. Overall on the week, Lampkins averaged 15 points, one rebound, one assist, one block and one steal in 37 minutes of action.
Ally Lehman, NIU, Guard
Senior / Nineveh, Indiana – Indian Creek
Ally Lehman recorded her sixth double-double of the season against SIUE on Friday night, aiding in NIU’s 97-78 victory over the Cougars as she fell just three boards shy of her third triple-double of the season. Lehman went 8-of-13 from the field, finishing the game with 19 points while dishing 10 assists. She pulled down seven boards from the glass as well. It was the third game this season in which Lehman has dished 10-or-more assists.
Micah Robinson, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Junior / Ann Arbor, Michigan - Huron
Junior Micah Robinson (Ann Arbor, Mich.-Huron) averaged 19.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists to lead the Eastern Michigan women's basketball team in games against Monmouth, Dec. 12, and Purdue, Dec. 17. In total, the Ann Arbor, Mich. native played 78 or the team's 80 minutes, posting a 42.3 percent (11-of-26) field goal clip. She also marched to the charity stripe 20 times, connecting of 14 attempts. Versus Monmouth, Robinson scored 18 points as the Eagles nearly overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half. She added five rebounds, four assists and three steals against the Hawks. Against Purdue, Robinson led the Eagles with 20 points to go along with six rebounds in the setback at the Big 10 Conference foe. The back-to-back contests with 10-or-more points mark the eighth time she has done so this season after having never reached the mark in her first two seasons in an EMU uniform.
