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#HLWBB Weekly Notebook – February 23

February 23

Rachel White

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INDIANAPOLIS – Youngstown State and IUPUI clinched first-round byes in the upcoming #HLWBB championship during this week’s action while Cleveland State posted a 3-0 record.

#HLWBB NEWS & NOTES

• Thursday’s Youngstown State at IUPUI matchup will feature two top-15 teams in this week’s College Insider Women’s Mid-Major Top 25 poll as IUPUI ranked No. 13 and Youngstown State ranked No. 15. Cleveland State and Green Bay continued to receive votes in the poll.

• Youngstown State (17-3) posted a 2-0 record this week and leads the League standings with two regular season contests remaining for each team. In Friday’s YSU win over Northern Kentucky, Chelsea Olson had her highest-scoring game ever at Beeghly Center when she scored 27 points. She was 8-for-17 from the field and 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, and she added nine rebounds, three assists and a block.

• The Penguins rank 18^th nationally with 8.7 three-point field goals per game.

• Rachel Kent recorded 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and one steal for IUPUI in a pair of games in Wisconsin this week.

• The Jaguars rank eighth among Division I teams in three-point field goal percentage defense (25.6), 14^th in rebound margin (9.0), and 17^th in three-point field goal percentage (36.3).

• IUPUI’s Macee Williams (62.9) and YSU’s Lilly Ritz (58.8) both rank in the top ten nationally in field goal percentage.

• Green Bay is tenth in the country in field goal percentage defense (34.9) and 19^th in scoring defense (54.6).

• Cleveland State’s Destiny Leo leads the League with 18.7 points per game this season.

• NKU’s Lindsey Duvall posted her eighth double-double of the season on Sunday with 18 points and 11 rebounds at RMU.

• Emma Wittmershaus scored 20 points to lead Milwaukee offensively while Megan Walstad recorded 14 points and 14 rebounds for a double-double as the Panthers earned a win over Green Bay on Monday.

• Kahlaijah Dean paced Oakland this week with 15.0 points per game, adding 6.0 rebounds.

• RMU leads the League in turnover margin (2.42) this season.

• Purdue Fort Wayne ranks fourth nationally in free throw percentage (80.5) while Milwaukee (80.2) and Green Bay (79.5) also rank in the top ten.

• Wright State’s Jada Roberson (13.8) and Destyne Jackson (13.4) both rank in the top ten in the League in scoring.

• UIC’s Jaida McCloud is fifth among #HLWBB players with 16.1 points per game this season.

• Irene Murua paces Detroit Mercy with 6.9 rebounds per game.

RESULTS

DATE	GAME	RECAP
Thursday, Feb. 17	Cleveland State 85, Oakland 65	Box Score
	Purdue Fort Wayne 77, Detroit Mercy 62	Box Score
	IUPUI 71, Milwaukee 59	Box Score
	Green Bay 75, UIC 46	Box Score
Friday, Feb. 18	RMU 63, Wright State 54	Box Score
	Youngstown State 62, Northern Kentucky 49	Box Score
Saturday, Feb. 19	Green Bay 71, IUPUI 56	Box Score
	Cleveland State 74, Detroit Mercy 70	Box Score
	Oakland 58, Purdue Fort Wayne 54	Box Score
	Milwaukee 65, UIC 57	Box Score
Sunday, Feb. 20	Northern Kentucky 64, RMU 49	Box Score
	Youngstown State 77, Wright State 53	Box Score
Monday, Feb. 21	Cleveland State 80, Detroit Mercy 60	Box Score
	Milwaukee 50, Green Bay 48	Box Score

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Destiny Leo of @CSU_WBasketball earned her second @Nike #HLWBB Player of the Week honor of the season while Bailey Butler of @gbphoenixwbb picked up her fourth @Nike Freshman of the Week award this week!

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