South Dakota State’s Miller Earns #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honor
South Dakota State’s Miller Earns #SummitWBB Player of the Week Honor
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State redshirt-junior guard Macy Miller secured The Summit League Women's Basketball Player of the Week award for her performances, Jan. 8-15.
Macy Miller, South Dakota State
R-Jr. // G // Mitchell, S.D.
- Earned her eighth career honor and fourth of the season after leading South Dakota State to a pair of road victories over Denver and Oral Roberts
- Tallied a game-high 18 points and grabbed seven boards in contest against the Pioneers
- Produced her eighth 20-plus point game this season (21st of her career) with a game and season-high 26 points against the Golden Eagles
- For the week, averaged 22.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game
- Currently leads the league in points per game with 17.6
- South Dakota State remains undefeated in league play (4-0)
Also nominated: Claire Gritt, Denver; De'Jour Young, Fort Wayne; Faith Ihim, Oral Roberts; Chloe Lamb, South Dakota; Emily Clemens, Western Illinois
Previous honorees: Nov. 13 – Macy Miller, South Dakota State; Nov. 20 – Allison Arens, South Dakota; Nov. 27 – Courtney Vaccher, Omaha/Madison Guebert, South Dakota State; Dec. 4 – Taylor Higginbotham, Western Illinois; Dec. 11 – Macy Miller, South Dakota State; Dec. 18 – Faith Ihim, Oral Roberts; Dec. 26 – Emily Clemens, Western Illinois/Macy Miller, South Dakota State; Jan. 2 – Emily Clemens, Western Illinois/Ciara Duffy, South Dakota; Jan. 8 – Ciara Duffy, South Dakota
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Through 35 years of Division I athletics, The Summit League features women's basketball teams from eight member institutions: Denver, Fort Wayne, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, South Dakota State and Western Illinois with North Dakota becoming an official member for the 2018-19 season. In 2016-17, The Summit League raised its RPI for the third consecutive year, finishing with an all-time best No. 11 ranking. The Summit League has sent at least three teams to the postseason nine straight years with three postseason tournament semifinal appearances the last four years, while recording the nation's best Division I winning percentage improvement since 2009-10. Called "March's Best-Kept Secret" by USA Today, The Summit League Basketball Championships annually ranks as one of the most attended Division I conference tournaments. This season's event returns to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 3-6, 2018. For more information about the league, "See The Summit" by visiting www.thesummitleague.org and following Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops.
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