Nike #HLWBB Players of the Week (November 22)
INDIANAPOLIS – Youngstown State’s Lilly Ritz earned Nike® #HLWBB Player of the Week honors while Purdue Fort Wayne’s Ryin Ott picked up the Nike® #HLWBB Freshman of the Week award for the second straight week following the first week of League play. Ritz averaged 24.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 77.8 percent from the field in a pair of League road wins for the Penguins, adding a double-double in a non-League victory over Akron. Ott posted her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Mastodons’ win over UIC.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK | LILLY RITZ | YOUNGSTOWN STATE | SENIOR | FORWARD | CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
In the first two Horizon League games of her career, Ritz averaged 24.5 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 77.8 percent from the field. She led YSU in scoring in both games as the Penguins were the only league team to go 2-0 on the road. Ritz had one of the best shooting games in school history in her conference debut when she went 10-for-12 from the field in a 24-point effort at Oakland. Only six other Penguins have ever shot at least 83.3 percent in a game while making at least 10 field goals. Ritz also grabbed nine rebounds and had two steals in the game. For an encore at Detroit Mercy, she scored a career-high 25 points on 11-for-15 shooting to go along with five rebounds and two more steals. Ritz's 11 field goals against the Titans tied for the most baskets by a Horizon League player this season. Earlier in the week, Ritz collected her first double-double in Monday's win over Akron with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK | RYIN OTT | PURDUE FORT WAYNE | FRESHMAN | GUARD | LA PORTE, IND.
Reigning Horizon League Freshman of the Week Ryin Ott followed up her honor with her first-career double-double to the tune of 14 points and 10 rebounds. She helped lead Purdue Fort Wayne to a perfect 1-0 week with a 69-63 win over UIC to open Horizon League play. The freshman was 2-of-5 from long range (40 percent) and 2-of-3 from the charity stripe. For the season, Ott is averaging 15.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game with a 46.2 percent shooting clip. In her first two weeks as a collegiate player, she has been honored by the Horizon League as the Freshman of the Week.
2021-22 Nike® #HLWBB Players of the Week
November 15 – Macee Williams, IUPUI
November 22 – Lilly Ritz, Youngstown State
2021-22 Nike® #HLWBB Freshmen of the Week
November 15 – Ryin Ott, Purdue Fort Wayne
November 22 – Ryin Ott, Purdue Fort Wayne