KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its seventh Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week, presented by
Shift Group, for the 2023-24 season.
MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week – Kryslyn Jones, Missouri Southern
Kryslyn Jones led Missouri Southern to a dominant 80-57 upset victory over No. 18-ranked Drury Panthers in Springfield over the holiday break. Jones scored 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field, 2-of-4 from beyond the arc, and finished a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line. The senior also snagged five rebounds, had two steals, and didn’t turn the ball over at all. The victory over the ranked Panthers was the Lions fifth-straight win.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Brooke Littrell – Central Missouri
Brooke Littrell netted 26 points on 12-of-20 shooting from the field in the Jennies 66-54 win over Evangel to close out 2023. Littrell also snagged nine rebounds to go along with three blocks and two steals in the victory.
Kassandra Caron – Missouri Western
Kassandra Caron had an all-around career day in Missouri Western’s 147-16 victory over Kansas Christian College. The sophomore showcased her skill set with her first collegiate double-double, scoring a game and career-high 23 points while snagging another game and career-high 12 rebounds. Shooting 66.7 percent in her first career start, Caron hit 2-of-3 from downtown and notched two assists and two steals in the process. With her performance, Caron helped MWSU set a new MIAA women’s basketball single-game team scoring record with 147 points, surpassing Emporia State’s 129-point showing from 1999.
Karenna Gerber – Pittsburg State
Karenna Gerber led the Gorillas in their home win against Tabor College with 25 points and nine rebounds while shooting 60.0 percent from the field. This season, the junior from Halstead, Kan. leads the MIAA in field goal percentage at 60.8 percent while ranking second in blocks (1.8 blocks per game), third in scoring at (18.0 points per game), 12th in rebounds with (7.0 rebounds per game) and free throw percentage (76.4 percent).
Faith Paramore – Emporia State
Faith Paramore scored a career high 24 points on the way to her fifth double-double of the season in the Lady Hornets 90-62 win over Bethel. The senior scored eight points in the first quarter and totaled 15 points in the first half as ESU led 51-33 at the break. The win was the 1,000th in Lady Hornet history.
ALSO NOMINATED
Olivia Hollenbeck (Fort Hays State), AJ Bradley (Lincoln), Halie Jones (Northeastern State)
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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
WEEK FOUR: Halie Jones, Northeastern State
WEEK FIVE: Grace Pyle, Pittsburg State
WEEK SIX: Karenna Gerber, Pittsburg State
WEEK SEVEN: Kryslyn Jones, Missouri Southern