Purdue Fort Wayne’s Young and Oral Roberts Lippe earn Summit League Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor

1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM

By: Kelly Shipp

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Purdue Fort Wayne senior guard De'Jour Young and Oral Roberts sophomore guard Keni Jo Lippe have been named The Summit League Women's Basketball Co-Players of the Week.

Young helped guide her Mastodon squad to back-to-back Summit League wins for the first since the 2013-14 season. On their way to back-to-back wins, she scored a career-high 25-points against Omaha and 14-points against Denver. Lippe also had a career day for the Golden Eagles. She scored a career-high 34-points and added 12 rebounds for her second career double-double in Oral Roberts' victory over North Dakota State.

Co-Player of the Week

De'Jour Young, Purdue Fort Wayne

Sr. | Guard | Fort Wayne, Ind.

• Young scored a career-high 25 points in the Mastodons win over Omaha and followed up her career game with 14 points against Denver

• She helped led the 'Dons to their first win over Denver since 2016 while holding the Pioneers to their lowest shooting percentage in almost four years

• She also helped Purdue Fort Wayne earn their first back-to-back Summit League wins since the 2013-14 season

• Young becomes the first Mastodon to earn player of the week honors since Rachel Rinehart on Dec. 29, 2014

• This is Young's first career player of the week honor

Co-Player of the Week

Keni Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts

So. | Guard | Adair, Okla.

• In the Golden Eagles lone contest last week, Lippe scored a career-high 34-points in ORU's win over North Dakota State

• She earned her second career double-double with 12 rebounds while dishing out one assist and forcing two steals

• She shot over 60 percent in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage while going 8-for-8 from the free throw line

• This is Lippe's first career player of the week honor

Also nominated: Macy Miller, South Dakota State; Hanna Sjerven, South Dakota; Maya Mayberry, Oral Roberts

2018-19 Summit League Players of the Week

Nov. 12: Taylor Frederick, South Dakota

Nov. 19: Macy Miller, South Dakota State

Nov. 26: Madison Nelson, Denver

Dec. 3: Lexi Klabo, North Dakota

Dec. 10: Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota

Dec. 17: Ciara Duffy, South Dakota

Dec. 22: Taylor Higginbotham, Western Illinois

Dec. 31: Lexi Klabo, North Dakota

Jan. 7: Lauren Loven, Denver

Jan. 14: Myah Selland, South Dakota State

Jan. 21: Olivia Kaufmann, Western Illinois

Jan. 28: De'Jour Young, Purdue Fort Wayne

Keni Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts

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