[2022-2023 MIAA Women's Basketball Athletes of the Week: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its ninth MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week, presented by Shift Group, for the 2022-23 season.
 
MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week – Brooke Littrell – Central Missouri       
Brooke Littrell has been named the Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the fourth consecutive week. The redshirt sophomore helped No. 5 Central Missouri tie its best start in program history and improve to 15-0 overall, 11-0 in the MIAA with a pair of home wins over Northeastern State and Rogers State. On the week, Littrell averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game while shooting .580 percent from the floor, .500 percent from three-point range and going a perfect 9-for-9 at the free-throw line. In the Jennies 79-64 win over Northeastern State, Littrell tallied a game-high 29 points on 9-of-14 shooting (.640 percent), including a 3-of-5 (.600 percent) performance from three-point range, and an 8-for-8 tally at the foul line while pulling down eight rebounds, and tallying four assists, two blocks and two steals. In the Jennies 81-58 triumph over Rogers State, she compiled 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting and a 1-of-1 mark at the free-throw line while grabbing eight boards, dishing out three assists and tallying a career-high five steals.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Britney Ho – Newman      
Britney Ho continued her impressive season by earning her third consecutive double-double while also moving into Newman’s top 10 all-time made field goals in a career. The Jets senior center scored 16 points on 7-of-20 shooting (.350 percent) and grabbed 10 rebounds against Missouri Western. She then finished with 11-of-20 shooting (.550 percent) with 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Northwest Missouri. Ho now has five double-doubles on the season. She currently ranks third in scoring in the MIAA, 10th in rebounds, and sixth in field goal percentage.
 
Grace Pyle – Pittsburg State     
Grace Pyle posted consecutive double-doubles in leading Pittsburg State to a pair of home wins against Emporia State (82-61) and Washburn (74-55) last week. The sophomore from McPherson, Kan., averaged 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists for the week, while shooting .565 percent from the field (13-of-23). She posted her first career double-double with 17 points and a career high 11 rebounds against the Lady Hornets. Pyle followed that up with a 16-point, 11-rebound efforts against the Ichabods at John Lance Arena/Whetzel Court.
 
ALSO NOMINATED
Lindsey Kelderman (Northwest Missouri), Kryslyn Jones (Missouri Southern), Ashlyn Alloway (Lincoln), Sarah Schmitt (Nebraska Kearney), Aubree Dewey (Washburn)

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