UMKC's Hall-Jones Named Player of the Week
UMKC's Hall-Jones Named Player of the Week
Women's
Basketball Media Center | Summit Points
Blog | 30th
Anniversary Season
ELMHURST, Ill. -
UMKC's Dayon Hall-Jones was named The Summit
League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performance
Dec. 27-Jan. 2.
PLAYER OF THE
WEEK
Dayon
Hall-Jones, UMKC
5-4 | Sr. |
G
Dallas, Texas (Kirtland/South Plains College)
Hall-Jones captures her first career Player of the Week award after
leading UMKC to a perfect week in league play. The senior guard
scored 43 points on 16-of-25 shooting from the field and 9-of-10
from three-point range in the win over preseason favorite Oral
Roberts. Her 43 points is a league-high this season, is second in
the nation behind Cal Poly's Kristina Santiago's 44 points and is
second in league history for a single game. In addition, her nine
treys tied an individual single-game league record. She added 15
points in 27 minutes in the win over Southern Utah. For the week,
Hall-Jones averaged 29.0 points, 2.0 assists and 1.5 rebounds per
game while shooting 65 percent (11-of-17) from downtown and 51
percent (22-of-43) from the field.
Also nominated:
Kerah Nelson, IUPUI; Janae Burich, North Dakota State; Bethany
Watterworth, Oakland; Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts; Amber Hegge, South
Dakota; Carli Moreland, Southern Utah; Michele Salvatori, Western
Illinois.
Previous 2011-12
honorees: Nov. 15 - Kevi Luper, ORU; Nov. 22 - Amber Hegge, USD;
Nov. 29 - Kevi Luper, ORU; Dec. 6 - Stephanie Rosado, IPFW/Kevi
Luper, ORU; Dec. 13 - Brittany Carnago, OU; Dec. 20 - Amber Hegge,
USD; Dec. 27 - Ashley Eide, SDSU.
