KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its third Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week, presented by
Shift Group, for the 2023-24 season.
MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week – Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri
Brooke Littrell averaged a double-double with 30 points and 10.5 rebounds per game to help No. 5-ranked Central Missouri to a pair of wins in the Barry University Classic over the weekend in Miami Shores, Fla. The reigning MIAA Player of the Year opened the Classic with 31 points and 10 boards while hitting 10-for-10 at the free-throw line in UCM’s 94-67 win over Barry. She then netted 29 points while snagging 11 rebounds in the Jennies 77-57 triumph over Lynn. Littrell now has four double-doubles in her five games played this season. This is the second consecutive week a UCM player has been named the MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Karenna Gerber – Pittsburg State
Kareena Gerber averaged 17.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 24.5 minutes a game while shooting 58.3 percent from the field and 87.5 percent from the free throw line in the Gorillas road wins over Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State. The junior from Halstead, Kan. began the week with a 15-point, 11 rebound double-double securing five offensive boards against OBU. Against HSU, Gerber finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for her second double-double of the week and 14th of her career.
Shiloh McCool – Nebraska Kearney
Shiloh McCool averaged 18.0 points and 8.5 rebounds last week as Nebraska Kearney moved to 2-0 on the season. She shot 67 percent from the line and had her 21st career double-double with 23 points and 10 boards against the CSC Eagles.
Aubree Dewey – Washburn
Aubree Dewey averaged 19.0 points, 9.0 assists and 2 steals per game while shooting 62.5 percent from the floor in a record-breaking week for Washburn. Dewey set a career-high with 23 points against in Ichabods 86-66 win over William Jewell and the recorded her first career double-double with 15 points and a career-high 10 assists in the Ichabods 117 point performance against Barclay College.
ALSO NOMINATED
Alayzha Knapp (Rogers State), Olivia Hollenbeck (Fort Hays State), Brandi Hudson (Missouri Southern), Karly Wadsworth (Central Oklahoma)
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2023-24 MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
WEEK ONE: Katie Wagner, Fort Hays State
WEEK TWO: Olivia Nelson, Central Missouri
WEEK THREE: Brooke Littrell, Central Missouri