Fort Wayne's Hyde Earns Player of the Week Honors
Fort Wayne's Hyde Earns Player of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne guard Amanda Hyde was named The Summit League's Women's Basketball Player of the Week for her performances Jan. 6-12.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amanda Hyde, Fort Wayne
5-10 | Sr. | G
Findlay, Ohio // Liberty-Benton
Hyde collects her third Player of the Week honor this season and fifth of her career after leading Fort Wayne to a split of its games to open league play. In Thursday's double overtime win at North Dakota State, the senior guard scored 35 points on 12-of-19 shooting with 10 rebounds and five assists. With 0.3 of a second remaining in regulation, Hyde sank a pair of free throws to send the contest into overtime. With four seconds remaining in the first overtime period, Hyde buried a three-pointer to send it to a second overtime session, helping the Mastodons secure the victory. In Saturday's loss at reigning league champion South Dakota State, she scored 26 points with four assists and three rebounds. For the week, Hyde averaged 30.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. She shot 65 percent (20-of-31) from the field, 55 percent (6-of-11) from three-point range and was a perfect 15-of-15 at the free throw line. Hyde also leads the league in scoring, field goal percentage and three-point field goal percentage.
Also nominated: Theresa Wirth, Denver; DeAirra Goss, IUPUI; Marena Whittle, North Dakota State; Raeshel Contreras, South Dakota; Tara Heiser, South Dakota State; Ashley Luke, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 11/11 – Nicole Seekamp, USD; 11/18 – Steph Paluch, SDSU; 11/25 – Brooke LeMar, NDSU; 12/2 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW/Ashley Luke, WIU; 12/9 – Ashley Luke, WIU; 12/16 – Dee-Dee Bellamy, IUPUI/Steph Paluch, SDSU; 12/23 – Amanda Hyde, IPFW; 12/30 – Michelle Maher, WIU; 1/6 – Tia Hemiller, USD.
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