KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The MIAA announced its 12th women’s basketball athlete of the week for the 2020-2021 season. Emporia State's Tre'Zure Jobe won her third weekly honor.
Jobe averaged 21.o points, 4.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game as the Lady Hornets went 2-0 last week. She scored 24 points in Emporia States 69-58 win over Northwest Missouri and followed that with 18 points, six assists and three steals in ESUs 77-68 win over Missouri Western. She is the leading scorer in the MIAA and the only player in the league averaging over 20 points per game headed into the final week of the season.
Notable Performances
Kelsey Johnson - Central Oklahoma
Johnson led Central Oklahoma to a 3-0 week averaging 19 points and 14 rebounds per game. She shot over 50 percent from the field, over 80 percent from the free-throw line, and played more minutes than anyone else in the three-games in four-days trial. Johnson posted a monster 18-point, 18-rebound game Saturday in a win over NSU. She also posted games of 20P/12R and 19P/12R in two wins over Rogers State.
Asia McCoy - Missouri Western
McCoy scored in double figures in all three games for MWSU last week. She averaged 14.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game. McCoy scored a career-high 19 points at Emporia State on Saturday. For the week she shot 42.4% (14-of-33) from the field and 72.7% (16-of-22) from the free throw line.
Jaden Hobbs - Fort Hays State
Hobbs led the Tigers in scoring in each game last week, totaling 16 points against both the Blue Tigers and the Jennies. The senior distributed 10 assists and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against UCM, recording her third double-double of the season. She averaged 16.0 points, 7.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.
Klaire Kirsch - Nebraska-Kearney
Averaged 13.5 points & 13.rebounds per game last week as No. 12/14 UNK lost at home to No. 16/19 Central Missouri and beat Lincoln. Kirsch shot 57% from the field in the two games while pulling down 24 defensive rebounds. She also logged a team-high 72 minutes
Also Nominated
Hunter Bentley, Washburn - Zaria Collins, Northeastern State - Sydnee Crain, Pittsburg State - Hailey Grant, Missouri Southern - Brooke Haney, Newman - Olivia Nelson, Central Missouri - Shay Stone - Rogers State