MAC Announces Women's Basketball Players of the Week
East Division
Hannah Plybon, Akron, Guard
Senior / Orrville, Ohio - Orrville
Senior Hannah Plybon turned in a stellar week for the Zips averaging a team-best 26.0 points per contest in a pair of games, while averaging 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists a tilt. She connected at better than 37 percent (.371) from the field and made nine three pointers en route to shooting 36 percent beyond the arc. She was also 17-of-18 at the charity stripe. In Akron's victory over Georgia State, Plybon scored a game-high 25 points. She nailed four triples and recorded three rebounds and three assists. Plybon followed with her second career double-double with a 27-point, 10-rebound outing against Elon. She was 7-for-16 from the field (43.8 percent) and connected on five three pointers to move within six triples of becoming Akron's all-time leader. On the season, Plybon is posting 20.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She is shooting nearly 40 percent from the field and is connecting om nearly 37 percent (.367) from beyond the arc.
West Division
Reyna Frost, Central Michigan, Forward
Sophomore / Reese, Michigan - Reese
Central Michigan (8-3) sophomore Reyna Frost led the Chippewas to an 82-51 victory over Big Ten opponent, Illinois on Dec. 19. Frost posted a career-high 21 rebounds (7 offensive; 14 defensive) against the Fighting Illini. She went three-of-six from the field and made her lone shot from the free throw line to add seven points. The sophomore tied-for-third in the program's single game record book for her rebounding performance. Frost leads the Mid-American Conference and ranks eighth in the NCAA for rebounds per game (11.6). She leads the team, MAC and is 12th in the nation with 128 total rebounds.
Other Nominees:
Lauren Dickerson, Miami, Guard
Freshman / Indianapolis, Indiana - Lawrence North
Freshman guard Lauren Dickerson was solid over the course of three games in three days for the RedHawks this past week. The Indianapolis, Ind., native averaged 20.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.7 apg. Her strongest outing to date was Wednesday's contest at Wright State, which saw Dickerson go off for a carer-high 30 pts on 13-of-27 shooting. She now has four outings with 20 or more points. Additionally, she has led the team in scoring in ten of the 12 games played so far this season, posting double figures on each occasion.
Marley Hill, Wester Michigan, Center
R-Junior / Cleveland, Ohio - Colombus Africentric
Hill was a major part in the Broncos extending their winning streak to eight games, the team’s longest since the 1994-95 season. Hill tied a game-high with 19 points and was second on the team with seven rebounds. Hill has now scored in double-figures in every game this season, the only member of the team to do so. She was a force down low against the Cougars, going 9-for-14 from the floor and scoring 11 straight points in the second quarter.
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, Guard
Senior / Gahanna, Ohio - Gahanna Lincoln
Quiera Lampkins led Ohio offensively for the past week, going 2-0 with wins over Illinois and Binghamton. On Dec. 19 against Binghamton, Lampkins scored 23 points, going 6-of-16 from the field, 2-of-5 from three-point range and 9-of-10 from the free throw line. She also had eight rebounds, six assists, one block and four steals in the 63-55 win. On Dec, 22 against Illinois, Lampkins scored 17 points, going 6-of-14 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. She also snagged seven rebounds and dished out seven six assists in 37 minutes on the floor. It was the Bobcats first ever win over Illinois and their fourth-ever win against a Big 10 team. Overall on the weekend, Lampkins averaged 20.0 points a game, while grabbing 7.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game and 2.0 steals a contest. She shot 12-of-30 (.400) from the field and 13-of-14 (.928) from the free throw line. Lampkins helped Ohio move to 2-0 on the week and improve to 9-1 on the year.
Stephanie Reid, Buffalo, Guard
Junior / Melbourne, Australia
Junior point guard Stephanie Reid was all over the court for the Bulls on Wednesday afternoon as she helped UB improve to a program record 9-0 start with a win over St. Bonaventure. Reid finished off her solid game with 10 points, eight assists, three rebounds and three steals across just 25 minutes. Reid went 3-for-6 from the field and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe while also notching a game-high eight assists. The junior has now notched three steals in three straight games and eight assists in two straight.
Carly Santoro, Bowling Green, Guard
Sophomore / Bellevue, Ohio - Bellevue
Bowling Green sophomore guard Carly Santoro had her third double-double of the season, with a team-leading 15 points and a game- and career-high 15 rebounds in the Falcons' lone game of the week. She also tied for the team lead, and tied her career high, with three assists vs. the Vikings. On the year, Santoro is averaging a team-leading 12.8 points per game, and she is second on the team in rebounding (7.0 rpg), steals (1.0 spg) and 3-point field goals made (17). She has already topped her totals for all of last season in nearly every statistical category.
Phillis Webb, Eastern Michigan, Forward
Senior / Brooklyn Park, Minnesota - Osseo
Senior Phillis Webb had a fantastic game against Air Force, Dec. 21, picking up a double-double with 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting, in addition to securing 17 rebounds, which was a career high. Webb was 9-of-13 from the floor in 33 minutes of work. The 17 caroms are tied for sixth most in Convocation Center history and the most since Brianna Puni hauled down 20 boards in a Postseason WNIT contest at Drake, March 20, 2015.