DALLAS – Conference USA awarded Charlotte senior
Octavia Jett-Wilson and Rice senior
Nancy Mulkey Player of the Week honors on Monday. Jett-Wilson joined Charlotte’s elite 1,000-point club with 76 combined in the team’s sweep of Old Dominion. Mulkey, in her first game in 27 days, led the Owls to a sweep of WKU with an average 19 points, seven rebounds and five blocks. Charlotte also garnered Freshman of the Week recognition as
Molina Williams notched her career’s first double-double in the series. Awards are voted on by the league's women's basketball communications directors. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf.
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
OCTAVIA JETT-WILSON, CHARLOTTE
SENIOR, G, 5-8, GREENBELT, MD
Jett-Wilson had herself a historic weekend, averaging 38 points and 11 rebounds as Charlotte swept a pair of overtime contests with Old Dominion. Her 76 combined points are the most in consecutive games in the program’s 46-year history. Jett-Wilson posted a career-best 42 in the 102-95 double-overtime win Wednesday. The point total marked the second-most in a single game in program history, and was the first time a Niner had compiled 40+ points since 1987. 18 of the squad’s 27 points came through her during the two overtime frames. Jett-Wilson also grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, matched her career-high six assists and registered a season-best three steals. Back in Charlotte on Saturday, she finished with a game-high 34 points, including a perfect 10-of-10 performance at the foul line, and was responsible for 11 of the team’s 14 points in the overtime period.
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NANCY MULKEY, RICE
SENIOR, C, 6-9, CYPRESS, TX
Mulkey made her return to the court in dominating fashion to help Rice secure its seventh and eighth conference victories in a row. After the program’s 27-day layoff, Mulkey flirted with a triple-double on Friday, recording her third-straight 20+ point performance with 22 on 10-of-12 field goal shots, to pair with 10 rebounds and a season-best eight blocks. The Lisa Leslie Award Top-10 candidate led the Owls to victory once again on Saturday with a team-high 16 points, four boards, three assists and two blocks.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
MOLINA WILLIAMS, CHARLOTTE
FRESHMAN, F, 6-0, GRAHAM, NC
Williams averaged 13.5 rebounds and 9.5 points in her two performances over the weekend. She opened the series with a career-high 48 minutes in the double-overtime contest, falling just short of a double-double with nine points and a career-topping 17 rebounds. A total of 12 of those were pulled on the defensive end, helping Charlotte compile a school-record 43 defensive boards in the win. On Saturday, Williams was able to lock in her season’s first double-double on a 10-point, 10-rebound effort as the Niners completed the sweep with an 87-80 decision made in one last overtime frame.
C-USA Players of the Week
N30 Nancy Mulkey, Rice
D7 Margaret Whitley, UAB
D14 Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
D21 Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
D28 N'Yah Boyd, North Texas
J4 Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
J11 Ajah Wayne, Old Dominion
J18 Jada McMillian, Charlotte
J25 Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
F1 Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee | Raneem Elgedawy, WKU
F8 Iggy Allen, Florida Atlantic
F15 Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte | Nancy Mulkey, Rice
C-USA Freshmen of the Week
N30 Ally Collett, WKU
D7 Jacee Busick, Charlotte
D14 Taylor Jackson, Louisiana Tech
D21 Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
D28 None
J4 Tommisha Lampkin, North Texas
J11 Caitlynn Daniels, UAB
J18 Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
J25 Kahia Warmsley, Southern Miss
F1 Hope Sivori, WKU
F8 Lanay Wheaton, Old Dominion
F15 Molina Williams, Charlotte