Nike #HLWBB Players of the Week (December 31)
INDIANAPOLIS – After jumping out to a 2-0 start in League play, Youngstown State swept the final Nike® #HLWBB weekly awards of 2019. Junior guard McKenah Peters averaged a double-double with 15.5 points and 11 rebounds to earn Nike® #HLWBB Player of the Week recognition. Freshman guard Taylor Petit earned her second Nike® Freshman of the Week honor, scoring 13 points per game for the Penguins in the opening week of League play.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK | MCKENAH PETERS | YOUNGSTOWN STATE | JUNIOR | GUARD | LAGRANGE, OHIO
McKenah Peters averaged 15.5 points and 11 rebounds to help Youngstown State achieve the only 2-0 start to Horizon League play. She tied for the league's top-scoring effort on opening night when she posted a career-high 22 points in the win over IUPUI. Peters scored 19 of those 22 points in the second half as she went 7-of-9 from the field overall and 5-of-6 from 3-point range. She followed that up by grabbing a career-high 14 rebounds in the win over UIC, scoring nine points in the victory.
2019 Nike® Players of the Week
November 11 – Karly Murphy, Green Bay
November 18 – Caitlyn Hibner, Green Bay
November 25 – Mariah White, Cleveland State
December 2 – Caitlyn Hibner, Green Bay
December 9 – Angel Baker, Wright State
December 16 – Mariah Miller, Cleveland State
December 23 – Macee Williams, IUPUI
December 31 – McKenah Peters, Youngstown State
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK | TAYLOR PETIT | YOUNGSTOWN STATE | FRESHMAN | GUARD | SCHOFIELD, WIS.
Taylor Petit averaged 13 points as Youngstown State was the only team to win twice the opening weekend of league play. She scored a career-best 19 points in the win over UIC, going 5-of-12 from the field, 3-of-7 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. She scored seven points in the come-from-behind win over IUPUI, and she was involved in two of the biggest plays of the game in the fourth quarter. Petit dove on the floor for a loose ball that led to Macee Williams fouling out, and she hit a floater with 36 seconds remaining to put YSU ahead 74-72. For the week, she shot 47.1 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from 3-point range and went 7-for-7 from the free-throw line.
2019 Nike® Freshmen of the Week
November 11 – Taylor Petit, Youngstown State
November 18 – Sydney Gouard, Oakland
November 25 – Sylare Starks, Detroit Mercy
December 2 – Ivy Turner, Northern Kentucky
December 9 – Carissa Garcia, Northern Kentucky
December 16 – Bridgid Fox, Detroit Mercy
December 23 – Markyia McCormick, Detroit Mercy
December 31 – Taylor Petit, Youngstown State