DALLAS – The preseason Conference USA Co-Player of the Year from Charlotte,
Octavia Jett-Wilson, picked up her second C-USA honor of the season as she was named the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. For the fourth-straight week, WKU freshman guard
Mya Meredith, was named the C-USA Freshman of the Week, making her the first league freshman to win the award in four-straight weeks since Jessica Kuster of Rice did so in 2010-11. The 2021-22 C-USA Players of the Week awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf and are voted on by the league’s women’s basketball communications directors.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
OCTAVIA JETT-WILSON, CHARLOTTE
FIFTH YEAR, G, 5-8, GREENBELT, MD.
Jett-Wilson scored 27 in a comeback win over North Texas and dropped 36 including two buzzer-beating shots in overtime during a four-OT victory over Rice to keep the Niners perfect (4-0) in league play. On Thursday, the 49ers trailed by nine at the end of three before Jett-Wilson scored the first seven points of the fourth to trim the deficit down to two. The senior gave the Niners the lead for good just under the two-minute mark to round out her 27 points on 53% shooting and 9-of-10 stint at the line. On Saturday, Jett-Wilson drained 36 more points in a four-overtime thriller against Rice. Jett-Wilson's floater at the end of the first overtime as the horn sounded kept the Niners alive forcing a second OT before she hit a game-tying three with three seconds left to force another extra frame. The longest game in school history came to a close as Jett-Wilson was clutch again at the line converting the final three attempts with under 30 seconds left creating the five-point, 88-83 victory. The senior's 36 points was her fourth career performance with 30+ with 14 of those coming in OT. Jett-Wilson finished the weekend averaging 31.5 points/game, shooting 47% from the field (20-of-43), 46% (6-of-13) from behind the arc and 81% (17-of-21) from the line. Jett-Wilson now leads the league in scoring at 25.5 points/game in C-USA action.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
MYA MEREDITH, WKU
FRESHMAN, G, 5-11, TAYLOR MILL, KY.
Meredith won her fourth-straight C-USA freshman honor as she helped WKU extend its league-best win streak to nine-straight games with victories over FAU and FIU. She led all scorers against the Owls with 12 points and followed with 16 points against FIU. She was 3-of-4 from long distance against FAU and averaged 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals on the week, Meredith has scored in double figures in nine-straight games.
2021-22 WINNERS
Player of the Week
N15 Iggy Allen, Old Dominion
N22 Domonique Davis, Southern Miss
N29 Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte
D6 Zakyia Weathersby, UAB
D13 Amber Gaston, FAU
D20 Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
D27 Savannah Wheeler, Marshall
J3 Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
J10 Kseniya Malashka, Middle Tennessee
J17 Merel Abdelgawad, WKU
J24 Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte
Freshman of the Week
N15 Amaya Brannon, LA Tech
N22 Elyssa Coleman, UTSA
N29 Alexis Mead, WKU
D6 Jalynn Gregory, Middle Tennessee
D13 Malia Fisher, Rice
D20 Jalynn Gregory, Middle Tennessee
D27 Mackenzie Wurm, LA Tech
J3 Mya Meredith, WKU
J10 Mya Meredith, WKU
J17 Mya Meredith, WKU
J24 Mya Meredith, WKU