Mid-American Conference

 East Division
Amani Burke, Ohio, Guard
Junior – Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor Academy
Junior guard Amani Burke led all scorers with 17 points to help the Ohio women's basketball team (6-0) beat Cleveland State, 72-54, on Saturday (Dec. 1) at the Convocation Center in Athens as the Bobcats improved to 6-0 to start a season for the third time in the last five years. Burke went 6-of-13 from the floor with four three-pointers. She also chipped in five rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block in 31 minutes.
 
West Division
Courtney Woods, Northern Illinois, Forward
Senior – Brisbane, Australia/St. Margaret’s
Courtney Woods led NIU in scoring this week with 23.7 points per game as the Huskies went 2-1 against North Dakota State, Montana, and Nevada. Woods opened the week with 25 points and six rebounds in NIU’s 81-63 win over North Dakota State on Nov. 28. After scoring 18 points against Montana on Dec. 1, the senior forward scored 28 points with three steals as NIU beat Nevada 98-69. Woods was 10-for-14 from the floor against the Wolf Pack and 4-for-5 from the three-point arc. For the week, Woods shot 55.3 percent from the field, 40 percent from the three-point arc, and 73.3 percent at the free-throw line.

 
 
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Megan Carter, Kent State, Guard
R-Junior – Farmington Hills, Michigan/North Farmington
Megan Carter averaged 17.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game against A-10 favorite Duquesne and Mid-Major #21 Wright State. Carter has scored at least 14 points in every game this season.
 
Lauren Dickerson, Miami, Guard
Junior – Indianapolis, Indiana/Lawrence North
Junior guard Lauren Dickerson averaged 11.0 points per game, six assists per game and eight rebounds per game, while shooting .400 from the field and .417 from three-point range during a week that included facing a top-five team in Louisville. Dickerson put up season-highs in rebounds (8) and three-pointers (4) against the Cardinals, matching her season-high in rebounds again in the game at UIC. Dickerson scored 14 points against a stout Louisville defense and neared a triple-double against UIC as she tied for her career-high in assists with nine.
 
Presley Hudson, Central Michigan, Guard
Senior – Wayland, Michigan/Wayland Union
The senior guard averaged 18.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 17 points to help lead the Chippewas to a pair of road wins over Iona and Quinnipiac over the weekend. In Friday's 82-39 win over the Gaels, Hudson finished with 12 points on 44 percent (4-of-9) shooting while dishing out 8 assists. On Sunday's 67-52 win over the Bobcats, the Wayland, Mich., native went off for 25 points while shooting 42 percent (9-of-2) from the field and 5-of-12 on triple attempt. Hudson also posted 7 assists 3 steals in the win.
 
Danielle Minott, Eastern Michigan, Guard
R-Senior – Miami, Florida/Miami Country Day-Syracuse
Redshirt senior Danielle Minott led the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team to a 1-1 record last week, Nov. 26-Dec. 1. Minott averaged 22.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 3.0 assists, and a block per game to pace the Eagles in a pair of stat-stuffing performances. Her best performance of the week came at Illinois as Minott led EMU to a near-upset of Illinois, Dec. 1. The Miami, Fla. product went of for a career-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds for the second double-double of her career, and her first of the season.
 
Brittany Morrison, Buffalo, Forward
Senior – North Ridgeville, Ohio
Brittany Morrison scored 11 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds in Buffalo's 82-69 win at Central Connecticut State on Saturday. The senior forward also a pair of assists in the game. She had four points, five rebounds and two assists in the fourth quarter to help the Bulls pull away. Morrison led a dominated performance on the glass by the Bulls as UB outrebounded the Blue Devils, 46-27, and only allowed them five offensive rebounds.
 
Angela Perry, Bowling Green, Center
Sophomore – Rochester, Illinois/Rochester
Bowling Green sophomore center Angela Perry had 19 points and seven rebounds, tying her career high in the latter category, at Xavier in the Falcons' lone game of the week. Perry came off the bench to go 8-of-14 from the field, hitting a three-pointer in two long range tries. On the year, Perry is averaging 15.2 points per game. After scoring a total of 75 points during all of last season, she has 91 points in just six games played this year to date.
 
Mariella Santucci, Toledo, Guard
Junior – Bologna, Italy/Liceo Scieentifico Sabin
Junior Mariella Santucci averaged a team-high 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 0.7 blocks and 1.7 steals in three Toledo victories this past week. Santucci shot 41.9 percent (13-of-31) from the field and 66.7 percent (18-of-27) from the charity stripe in a squad-best 35.3 minutes per contest. The two-year letterwinner scored at least 20 points in each of the first two games last week to help UT win three-consecutive road games, excluding neutral-site contests, for the first time under 11th-year head coach Tricia Cullop. She opened the week with 20 points, four caroms, five dimes and three thefts at Valparaiso on Monday. Three days later at Ohio Valley Conference power Belmont, Santucci had a career-high 22 points, three boards, five helpers, one blocked shot and two steals in a season-high 37 minutes. She then finished off the impressive week with four points, six rebounds, a season-high six assists and one rejection in 35 minutes at Memphis. The 2017-18 Academic All-MAC selection has scored in double figures on four occasions this year, the second-highest total on the team.
 
Megan Sefick, Akron, Guard
R-Senior – Austintown, Ohio/Austintown-Fitch
Redshirt senior Megan Sefcik continued to lead the Akron offense this past week and help earn the Zips a 4-1 overall record. Against Youngstown State and Eastern Kentucky, Sefcik averaged 16.5 points per game while hitting five three-pointers combined. Sefcik has now made at least four three-pointers in the first five games for the Zips. Additionally, the senior captain shot a perfect 12-for-12 from the charity stripe. In a team-high 68 minutes of play, Sefcik grabbed five boards (2.5 per/game), dished out two assists (1.0 per/game), two steals (1.0per/game), and one block (1.0 per/game). In the win over Eastern Kentucky, Sefcik scored her 600th career point against the Colonels.