Jones, Boston Selected as Athletes of the Week

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dominique Jones (Fort Hays State) and Cassondra Boston (Emporia State) have been named MIAA Basketball Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Jan. 19-24 as selected by a conference SID panel. Boston earns her second award of the season, while Jones is a first-time honoree in 2009-10.
 
MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dominique Jones, G, Fort Hays State
Jones scored a career-high 29 points in Fort Hays State's four-point win at Emporia State on Wednesday. It passed his previous high of 28 set in the Tigers' win over Central Missouri in Warrensburg earlier this year. Jones helped the Tigers to their first win at White Auditorium in four chances since joining the MIAA in 2006-07. The junior from Harlem, N.Y., scored 18 of his 29 in the second half. With the Tigers trailing by one with 7:00 remaining, Jones scored 11 points in a 14-4 run by the Tigers, which included a layup to put FHSU in front for good and then three 3-point field goals to push the Tiger lead to nine with 4:02 remaining. The six 3-point field goals made was a season high for Jones.

MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cassondra Boston, G, Emporia State
Boston led No. 6 Emporia State to its league-leading 11th and 12th straight wins, scoring over 20 points in each game. The senior from Des Moines, Iowa, started the week with 26 points, seven rebounds and a career-high five steals in an 88-67 win over FHSU. Boston scored 21 of her 26 in the second half as the Lady Hornets outscored the Tigers 54-34 after being up by just one at the half. She hit back-to-back threes to take ESU from a ten-point lead to a 16-point lead with 8:19 left in the game. Those threes ignited a 17-6 run in which Boston scored 13 points as the Lady Hornet lead grew to 79-58 with 5:387 left. She connected on a season's best six three-pointers and matched her season high with seven rebounds against the Tigers. Boston ended the week with a 22-point, five assist effort as ESU avenged its only loss of the year in a 91-62 win over NWMSU. She had six points, an assist and a steal as ESU jumped out to a 20-5 lead over NWMSU and never saw the lead drop below double digits. Boston had her second straight game with six treys, going six-of-eight from behind the arc.

2009-10 MIAA Basketball Student-Athletes of the Week
1/23 - Men: Tim Niles, G, ESU; Women: Gentry Dietz, C, NWMSU
11/30 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Ashley Nelson, F, UNO
12/7 - Men: Alex Moosmann, G, UCM; Women: Laura Joya, G, TSU, Hope Gregory, G, WU
12/14 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Naomi Bancroft, G, FHSU
12/21 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Naomi Bancroft, G, FHSU
1/4 - Men: Sanijay Watts, F, UCM; Women: Nicole McCombs, F, PSU
1/11 - Men: Corbin Kuntzsch, G, FHSU; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU
1/18 - Men: Matt Rogers, C, SBU; Women: Abby Henry, G, NWMSU
1/25 - Men: Dominique Jones, G, FHSU; Women: Cassondra Boston, G, ESU