By: MIAA Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 30, 2020) - The MIAA announced its second women’s basketball athletes of the week for the 2020-2021 season. Central Missouri’s Nija Collier and Emporia State’s Tre’Zure Jobe were tabbed with this week’s honor. 

Collier claimed her first athlete of the week award of the season as she helped the Jennies to wins over Missouri Southern on November 24 and Pittsburg State on November 28. In the win against MSSU, she scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds with two blocks and four steals. Collier finished the weekend going 9-for-11 from the field for 20 points and eight rebounds against PSU. In the victories, she shot 65 percent from the field and was 56 percent from the three-point arc. 

Jobe also earned her first athlete of the week accolade of the season as she guided the Lady Hornets to a win at Northeastern State on November 28. She scored a season-high 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field and added seven assists in 40 minutes of action. Jobe scored 12 of her 26 points points during a 17-2 ESU fourth-quarter run to help secure the road win.

Notable Performances In The Association
Madi Stokes - Missouri Southern
Stokes averaged a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a pair of road games at Central Missouri and Lincoln for the Lions. She shot 56 percent from the field with 2.5 blocks per game on the defensive side of the court.

Nominations For Athletes of the Week
Nija Collier - Central Missouri, Tre’Zure Jobe - Emporia State, Madi Stokes - Missouri Southern, Brooke Haney - Newman