Under Armour #HLWBB Players of the Week (November 20)
Joseph Thomas
INDIANAPOLIS - (November 20, 2023) – Purdue Fort Wayne’s Shayla Sellers and Northern Kentucky’s Carter McCray have earned this week’s Under Armour #HLWBB weekly awards.
Player of the Week | Shayla Sellers | Purdue Fort Wayne | Graduate Student | G/F | Aurora, Ohio
- Led Purdue Fort Wayne to a 1-0 week with a 70-64 overtime win at Southern Illinois
- Recorded 20 points, five rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals
- Shot 60 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent from 3-point range
- Added a 7-of-8 effort from the charity stripe, leading an 11-point comeback with less than 8 minutes left in regulation
- Did not leave the floor for the final 11:16 of the game
Freshman of the Week | Carter McCray | Northern Kentucky | Freshman | Center | Oberlin, Ohio
- With just six student-athletes available to play, McCray took over against Marshall in the Norse’s 76-66 win on Saturday.
- McCray posted a huge double-double with 25 points and 21 rebounds to go with two assists and two steals.
- The 21 boards were tied for the most in a single-game posted by a student-athlete in NCAA DI basketball so far this season.
- The mark also set a NKU NCAA Division I school record.
2023 Under Armour #HLWBB Players of the Week
November 13 – Emily Saunders, Youngstown State
November 20 – Shayla Sellers, Purdue Fort Wayne
2023 Under Armour #HLWBB Freshmen of the Week
November 13 – Paris Gilmore, Detroit Mercy
November 20 – Carter McCray, Northern Kentucky