Oakland's Pike Earns Women's Basketball Player of the Week Award

Oakland's Pike Earns Women's Basketball Player of the Week Award

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Jessica Pike, Oakland

Jr., G, 5-8, Clawson, Mich./Clawson HS
Pike claims her second Player of the Week honor this season after averaging 22 points per game in two Golden Grizzly victories last week. She scored a game-high 25 points in the victory over Siena and collected 19 points against Niagara. Pike shot 53 percent (16-of-30) from the field, 50 percent (4-of-8) from behind the arc and was a perfect 8-of-8 from the line. She also averaged five rebounds, 1.5 assists and two steals per game. In Oakland's 11 games this season, Pike has scored 10-plus points in all but one and has scored 20-plus points in five games. She is OU's leading scorer on the season (18.3 ppg) and is second in The Summit League.

Also nominated: Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Alysa Klein, UMKC; Lisa Bue, North Dakota State; Mariana Camargo, Oral Roberts; Stephanie Lovingood, Western Illinois.

Previous honorees: Nov. 13 - Jessica Pike, OU; Nov. 20 - Kristin Rotert, SDSU; Nov. 27 - Jernisha Cann, IUPUI; Dec. 4 - Chazny Morris, UMKC; Dec. 11 - Jenny Hardin, ORU; Dec. 18 - Anne Westwood, SUU.