Mid-American Conference

East Division
Larissa Lurken, Kent State, Guard
Senior / Cottage Grove, Minnesota - Park
Lurken once again led the Flashes this week to remain one of the more impressive players in the nation this season. She had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in a road win at Bowling Green on Wednesday. At home against rival Akron, she was the only Flash to reach double-digits in scoring as she finished with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The efforts have kept Lurken on pace to set Kent State's new single season scoring average record.
 
West Division
Tinara Moore, Central Michigan, Forward
Junior / Southgate, Michigan – Southgate Andersen
Central Michigan clinched a first-round bye to the Mid-American Conference Tournament after going 1-1 last week. The Chippewas topped Northern Illinois 109-86 on Feb. 22 and then fell 81-73 at Ball State on Feb. 25. CMU is 21-7 overall with a 13-3 MAC mark. Junior Tinara Moore led the Chippewa offense by averaging 24.5 points per game, nine rebounds per game and shot 18-of-26 (69.2 percent) from the floor. She also averaged six blocks, 1.5 assists and 0.5 steals in both contests. Moore recorded her fifth double-double on the season with 24 points and 15 rebounds versus the Huskies. She went 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) from the floor and 8-of-9 (88.9 percent) from the free throw line. Moore also swatted away a program single-game record nine shots along with dishing out three assists in 29 minutes on the court. The junior led the Chippewas with 25 points against the Cardinals in 37 minutes on Feb. 25. She shot 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the floor, 66.7 percent (2-of-3) from the 3-point line and 100 percent (3-of-3) at the charity stripe. Moore grabbed three boards and recorded three blocks, giving her a program-record 63 on the season. Former Chippewa Ann Skufca set the previous mark, 62, in 2006-07. Moore ranks second the team in scoring (15.9 ppg) and is grabbing 7.2 rebounds per game.
 

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Mikaela Boyd, Toledo, Guard
Sophomore / Hillside, Illinois – Proviso West
Sophomore Mikaela Boyd averaged a team-high 18.5 points in a pair of victories against MAC West Division rivals Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan this past week. Boyd also contributed a squad-tying best 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 31.0 minutes. The third-year Rocket shot a splendid 61.9 percent (13-of-21) from the field and a sizzling 84.6 percent (11-of-13) from the charity stripe to help the Rockets sweep the regular-season series against both the Eagles and Broncos. Boyd opened the week with 14 points, three caroms, two helpers and two thefts in 27 minutes it UT's 65-57 triumph over EMU on Wednesday. Three days later against WMU, Boyd tallied a career-high 23 points, to go along with to go along with a squad-best nine boards and a team-high three thefts. Boyd shot an efficient 8-of-13 from the field and a near perfect 7-of-8 from the free throw line to surpass her previous-best effort of 20 points at WMU on Feb. 8. She has now scored at least 10 points in three-straight contests and in a team-high 18 games this year.
 
Laura Dickerson, Miami, Guard
Freshman / Indianapolis, Indiana – Lawrence North
Guard Lauren Dickerson had another strong week offensively for the Red & White this past week. Wednesday's win over Akron saw Dickerson, along with Kendall McCoy, lead the team with 17 points. She also tied her career-high with four steals, her sixth game with that many takeaways. In a loss to Ohio on Saturday, the freshman posted a team-high 20 points, her ninth 20-point game this season.
 
Shaunay Edmonds, Akron, Guard
Freshman / Pittsburgh, PA
Freshman Shaunay Edmonds turned in a solid week for the Zips averaging a team-high 17 points in two contests last week, while shooting 56 percent from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 at the charity stripe. She also led Akron in assists (8) and steals (5). She poured in 20 of her career-high 26 points at Kent State in the second half. Edmonds shot nearly 63 percent from the field connecting on 10 of her 16 attempts, while also going 5-of-5 at the free throw line. She also dished out a pair of assists and posted a team-best three steals. She opened the week with an eight-point, six-assist and two-steal effort against Miami. On the season, Edmonds leads the Zips in assists (102) and steals (54), while rating fourth in scoring (8.0)
 
Sydney Lambert, Bowling Green, Guard
Sophomore / Cincinnati, Ohio - McAuley
Bowling Green sophomore guard Sydney Lambert averaged 14.5 points and hit seven 3-point field goals as the Falcons split a pair of games last week. Lambert had 11 points on Wednesday vs. Kent State, then scored a team-leading 18 points in the Falcons' come-from-behind at Buffalo. Lambert was 5-for-10 from three-point land in the win at UB, She scored 11 first-half points, including back-to-back triples that capped a 12-0 run and tied the game in the second quarter. Then, after UB retook a double-digit lead, she hit a three-pointer that ended an offensive possession that lasted nearly two minutes and included seven offensive rebounds. That three gave BG the lead for good. On the year, Lambert is averaging 10.1 ppg and has hit a team-leading 67 treys.
 
Quiera Lampkins, Ohio, Guard
Senior / Gahanna, Ohio – Gahanna Lincoln
Senior guard Quiera Lampkins led the Bobcats on the court this past week. Overall she averaged 21.5 points a game, while grabbing 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists per game, 3.0 steals and .5 blocks per contest. She shot .357 from the field, .385 from three-point range and .727 from the free throw line in an average of 35.5 minutes on the court. Against Buffalo on Feb. 22, Lampkins scored 22 points, going 7-of-27 from the field, 2-of-7 from three-point range and 6-of-8 from the free throw line. She grabbed 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season. She dished out four assists, had one block and one steal in 37 minutes on the floor. On Feb. 25 against Miami, Lampkins scored 21 points, going 8-of-18 from the field, 3-of-6 from three-point range and 2-of-3 from the free throw line. She dished out two assists and had five steals to go along with five rebounds in 34 minutes on the floor.
 
Moriah Monaco, Ball State, Forward
Junior / Dover, Ohio – Dover Hills
Monaco became the 28th player in program history to reach 1,000 points Saturday against Central Michigan.  The junior forward ended the game with 20 points, six rebounds and three assists.  She is the third Cardinal to have accomplished the 1,000-point feat this season.  Monaco helped the Cardinals to an 81-73 victory over the Chippewas and Ball State is now tied for the top spot in the Mid-American Conference with CMU.  During mid-week action, Monaco lifted the Cardinals past Western Michigan Wednesday night in Kalamazoo.  It marked the sixth-straight league game Ball State has won on the road in conference play.  Monaco chipped in 24 points against the Broncos while pulling down seven rebounds and shot 7-of-11 from the field which included six 3-point baskets.  For the week, Monaco averaged 22 points per game, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, one block and two steals.  She shot .667 percent from the field (14-of-21) and .588 percent from behind the arc (10-of-17).  Monaco was also perfect from the free throw line (6-of-6).
 
Stephanie Reid, Buffalo, Guard
Junior / Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Junior point guard Stephanie Reid had a strong week for the Bulls as they went 1-1 with a win over Ohio. Reid finished off her impressive week averaging 18.5 points, 7.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds. The junior was the Bulls best player in their 65-54 victory over Ohio on Wednesday as she finished the game with 21 points, nine assists and five rebounds across 40 minutes. On Saturday, Reid again played all 40 minutes while scoring 16 points, five assists and five rebounds. With her third assist on Sunday, Reid set the program record for assists in a season as she has now accumulated 201 helpers on the year. She has now notched at least eight assists 13 times this season. She currently ranks fifth in the NCAA in assists/game (7.4) while also averaging a career-high 10.8 points/game.
 
Phillis Webb, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Senior / Brooklyn Park, Minnesota - Osseo
Senior Phillis Webb capped off the week with a career-best 31 points on 13-of-26 shooting Saturday, Feb. 25, against Northern Illinois. She also pulled down six rebounds while picking up three steals and a pair of assists. Webb's previous career-high also came against the Huskies earlier this year with a 30-point contest in the MAC-opener in DeKalb, Dec. 21. For the week, the senior averaged 24.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game against Toledo, Feb. 22, and NIU. She was 50.0 percent (20-of-40) from the field to go along with five three-pointers. Webb became the EMU career leader in games played at Toledo, surpassing former Eagles Tavelyn James and Paige Redditt. Against the Rockets, Webb drained a trio of threes en route to a 17-point performance while adding nine rebounds. Webb now has 423 points this season which ranks eighth-best among EMU seniors all-time. Webb passed Ryan Coleman (2005-06 - 422) and now has her sights set on Kelly Hebler (1989-90 - 446) in seventh place. Last year, Webb finished with 389 points so she has already bettered that mark by 34 points.
 
Courtney Woods, NIU, Guard
Sophomore / Brisbane, Australia
Sophomore Courtney Woods led the Huskies with 19.5 points last week in NIU's road contests at Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan, shooting .455 from the field with a .375 clip behind the three-point line. The Brisbane, Australia native scored 17 points against the MAC leading Chippewas, scoring 14 of her points in the paint while she paced Northern Illinois University at EMU with a 22-point effort. She was 6-of-10 behind the three-point line versus the Eagles, tying her career-high for three-point makes
 
Deja Wimby, Western Michigan, Guard
Sophomore / Fort Wayne, Indiana - Snider
The sophomore point guard, who usually makes her living on the defensive end of the floor, had a monster week offensively, setting a new career-high in points against Ball State and then breaking that career-high at Toledo. Wimby finished with 24 points and was relentless getting to the free-throw line where she went 8-of-11. She was consistent all game long, scoring in double-figures in both halves. She was the only player on the team to play over 30 minutes in the game (37).  On the road at Toledo, Wimby did it again, getting to the free-throw line 10 times and hitting nine on her way to a career-high 25 points on 8-of-18 shooting. She also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and one block over the last two games.