Mid-American Conference

East Division
Larissa Lurken, Kent State, Guard
Senior / Cottage Grove, Minnesota - Park
Lurken put together another big game in one of the biggest wins of the season for the Flashes as she scored 31 to lead Kent State to a 83-77 overtime victory over Ohio on Saturday. When the Bobcats initially took a 2-point lead to start overtime, Lurken hit a layup and then later connected on four-straight free throws to switch the score and put Kent State up by six with less than a minute to play. She would be a perfect 6-for-6 at the line in overtime and most importantly, took a charge, while having four fouls on her, in the final minute to secure the victory.
 
West Division
Ally Lehman, NIU, Guard
Senior / Nineveh, Indiana – Indian Creek
Ally Lehman continued her torrid scoring pace this week, averaging 30 points per game and tying the NIU record for consecutive 25-point games. With 33 of the team's 63 points at Miami on Wednesday night, Lehman extended the Huskies unbeaten streak on the road to seven-straight games and made NIU just one of 15 unbeaten teams on the road in conference play. The Nineveh, Ind., native followed up with 27 points versus Ball State as she rallied the Huskies back from a 12-point, fourth quarter deficit with 17 points in the period and tied the game 80-80 with two minutes remaining. However, NIU fell to the Cardinals, 92-84. In addition, Lehman was 1-for-2 behind the three-point line, nailing her lone trey at Miami.
 

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Renee Bennett, Ball State, Center
Senior / Muskego, Wisconsin - Muskego
Bennett tallied her third-straight double-double after a 22-point, 13 rebound performance at Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon in DeKalb.  The senior center has had nine double-doubles this season and 11 for her career.  Bennett scored 15 of her 22 points in the second half alone helping the Cardinals earn a pivotal 92-84 road victory over the Huskies.  Bennett has now scored in double figures 14-games straight.  For the week Bennett shot 70 percent from the field (7-of-10) and went 7-of-8 from the charity stripe while averaging 22.0 points, 13.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steal per contest.
 
Cassie Breen, Central Michigan, Guard
Junior / Woodhaven, Michigan - Woodhaven
Central Michigan won two big games last week as the Chippewas topped Mid-American Conference East Division leader Ohio, 70-64, on Feb. 15 and defeated Toledo in a West rematch 72-61 on Feb. 18. CMU is on a six-game win streak and stand alone at the top of the MAC. Junior Cassie Breen led the Chippewas on the court by averaging 24.0 points per game, 2.0 rebounds and shot 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from the floor and 42.1 percent (8-of-19) from the 3-point line. She posted a 92.3 percent (12-of-13) from the charity stripe. Breen scored a team-high 26 points and grabbed four rebounds against the Bobcats. She shot 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) from the floor and made five triples on seven attempts (71.4 percent). Breen led the team again with 22 points versus Toledo. She went 7-of-7 from the free throw line and shot 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from the floor. Breen is third on the team averaging 13.7 points per game and has made 70 3's.
 
Sydney Lambert, Bowling Green, Guard
Sophomore / Cincinnati, Ohio - McAuley
Bowling Green sophomore guard Sydney Lambert led the Falcons in scoring last week. Her week included a 20-point game in the win at Miami on Saturday. Lambert tied her career high in scoring. She scored 16 of those points in the first half, hitting three three-pointers in the final four minutes of the second quarter. The last of those shots, from several feet beyond the line, tied the game after BG had trailed by 14 points earlier in the second period. She was 5-of-8 from three-point range in the win, and her fifth and final three-pointer of the game came in the final minute of the fourth quarter, giving the Falcons a seven-point lead. On the year, Lambert is averaging 9.8 points per game, good for second on the team, and she also has 4.1 rebounds per outing. Lambert leads the Falcons with 60 three-pointers made, and has topped her total for all of last season in that category. In MAC play, Lambert is averaging 10.9 ppg and is shooting over 40% from three-point range.
 
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, Guard
Senior / Gahanna, Ohio – Gahanna Lincoln
Senior guard Quiera Lampkins led Ohio this past weekend, averaging 25.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals during the past week. She also shot 19-of-45 (/422) from the field and 11-of-14 (.785) from the free throw line in 35.0 minutes of work per game. On Feb. 15 at home against CMU, Lampkins scored a season-high 32 points, going 11-of-28 from the field and 9-of-9 from the free throw line. She also grabbed eight rebounds, dished out four assists and has a steal in 39 minutes on the floor. On Feb. 18 at Kent State, Lampkins scored 18 points. going 8-of-17 from the field, while grabbing six rebounds, dishing outpour assists and grabbed two steals in 31 minutes on the floor.
 
Kendall McCoy, Miami, Forward
Sophomore / Sylvania, Ohio – Sylvania Northview
Forward Kendall McCoy, fresh off a MAC East Player of the Week honor last week, was a solid and consistent performer once again for the RedHawks in two games of action this past week. On Wednesday against Northern Illinois, she posted her second double-double in the last three games with 16 points and 13 rebounds. She followed that up with a near double-double on Saturday with nine points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Overall, in her past four games, McCoy has had two double-doubles and has come up short by one point or one rebound the other two times.
 
Stephanie Reid, Buffalo, Guard
Junior / Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Junior point guard Stephanie Reid continued her high level of play this past week as she led the Bulls to a 2-0 record with a road win over Eastern Michigan and a home win over Akron. The Australia native closed out her impressive week averaging 15.5 points, 9.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals as she led the Bulls in scoring in both contests. On Wednesday, Reid was the catalyst for the Bulls as they pulled out a gritty road win over EMU as she netted a team-best 14 points, eight assists and two steals across 38 minutes. On Saturday, Reid only needed 23 minutes to notch her team-leading fourth double-double of the season as she finished with a team-high 17 points, 11 assists and five rebounds in the dominant 81-51 win. The junior has now gone over the 10-assist plateau seven times, all happening within the last 15 games. Reid now leads the conference and ranks third in the NCAA in assists/game (7.5). She is averaging 10.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game this season. Her 187 assists on the year, rank third in program history for assists in a season.
 
Phillis Webb, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Senior / Brooklyn Park, Minnesota – Osseo
Senior Phillis Webb (Brooklyn Park, Minn. - Osseo) averaged 10.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 37.5 minutes of work during the week. Against Western Michigan, Feb. 18, Webb became the EMU career leader in games played with 129, surpassing Tavelyn James and Paige Redditt.  In the contest, she grabbed seven points and seven rebounds to go along with three assists and two assists. Earlier in the week against Buffalo, Webb scored 13 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the year.
 
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan, Guard
Sophomore / Fort Wayne, Indiana - Snider
Wimby was a huge part of the Broncos’ 2-0 week with a win on the road over Bowling Green and a win at home against Eastern Michigan. Against the Falcons, Wimby was nearly unstoppable, scoring a career-high 23 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season.  She also finished with a game-high five steals against the Falcons as well. At home against the Eagles, Wimby was all over the court, scoring eight points and finishing with five assists, four rebounds and four steals. Over the past two games, Wimby shot 11-of-12 from the free-throw line and went for four or more steals in both, bringing her season total to 70, which is tops in the MAC and currently 10th in WMU history in a single season.