INDIANAPOLIS -- Wright State senior Tay’ler Mingo (Akron, Ohio) is the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while Youngstown State’s Nikki Arbanas (Hermitage, Pa.) is the Freshman of the Week for the week of Nov. 10-16.
The Wright State women’s basketball team opened up its season over the weekend with games against Austin Peay Friday night and Lipscomb Sunday afternoon. The Raiders defeated Austin Peay 85-73 on the road to garner its first win of the year and collected another victory, 79-66, over Lipscomb two days later. Against the Lady Govs, Wright State shot 43 percent from the field and went 10-for-32 from three-point range. Facing Lipscomb, the Raiders went down by seven early but gradually closed the scoring gap after a 10-0 run in the closing minutes of the first half.
Mingo led Wright State on the road averaging 25.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 7.0 apg and 4.0 spg during the two contests. Against Austin Peay, the senior shot 7 for 14 from the field for 20 points while dishing out six assists, grabbing five rebounds and tallying four steals. Mingo continued her offensive prowess Sunday tabbing 30 points while going 12-for-21 in field goals. In addition, she distributed eight assists, had four steals and collected three rebounds versus Lipscomb. Mingo’s 30-point performance was one short of her career best that she set in last season’s Horizon League Championship game.
Youngstown State made its debut Saturday night at home against Niagara, winning 83-61. The Penguins got off to a quick start in the contest with 21 points in the first six minutes. The squad shot 50.8 percent from the field and led by double digits for a majority of the contest.
Arbanas paced Youngstown State in the contest with a game-high 25 points after going 8-for-9 from the field. Arbanas went 5-for-5 from three-point range and is the first Penguin player to go 5-for-5 for three-pointers in 18 years. Her 25 points also marks the most points scored by a Youngstown State freshman in the school’s Horizon League era. In her 35 minutes on the court, the freshman added three assists and two rebounds to wrap up her stellar performance.
Wright State continues play on Thursday, Nov. 11 at home against Murray State at 7:00 p.m. ET and hosts Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon for a 2:00 p.m. ET tip-off. The games will be streamed on the Horizon League Network, respectively. Youngstown State travels to Kent, Ohio to take on Kent State Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. ET and remains on the road headed to Radford, Va. to face Radford Saturday afternoon for a 2:00 p.m. ET start.
Top Players of the Week:
Ruvanna Campbell, UIC (Jr., F): Collected her 27th career double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds against Bradley. Dating back to last season, this marks the junior’s fifth-straight double-double.
Cori Coleman, Cleveland State (Sr., G): Against Toledo, notched the 10th 20-point performance of her career going 4-for-7 from three-point range.
Abby Dean, Valparaiso (Jr., G): Netted her first eight shots against Butler en route to 21 points for the game. Also tied a career-high in rebounds with six.
Ashley Green, Milwaukee (Sr., F): Scored a career-high 36 points and added 15 rebounds in her double-double for Milwaukee against North Dakota State. Her 36 points marked the most-ever for a Panthers’ player in a season opener.
Olivia Nash, Oakland (Jr., F): Scored a career-high 24 points against Miami (Fla.) while also grabbing 14 rebounds to collect the double-double. Nash was only one rebound shy of tying her career high.
Haleigh Ristovski, Detroit (So., G/F): Grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and a career-best five steals in Detroit’s opener versus Michigan. Followed up that performance with 12 points, five rebounds, three steals and tied her career high with five assists and two blocks against Marygrove.
Top Freshmen of the Week:
Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State (Fr., G): Off the bench for Cleveland State, scored 12 points in her collegiate debut and was one of four Vikings to finish with double digit points.
Dani Franklin, Valparaiso (Fr., G): Went 6-for-11 from the field for Valparaiso, garnering 14 points for the night. In addition, collected six rebounds and one steal.
Allie LeClaire, Green Bay (Fr., G): Led Green Bay in scoring with 15 points off of the bench while shooting 7-for-13 form the field in her first career game.
Jenny Lindner, Milwaukee (Fr., G): Off the of bench, netted 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Panthers. Hit a layup with 18 seconds left to top-off the victory over North Dakota State.
Darianne Seward, Detroit (Fr., G): Made her collegiate debut with 19 points, three rebounds and three blocks against Michigan. Versus Marygrove, had a team-high 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals.
Leah Somerfield, Oakland (Fr., F): Scored four points and collected four rebounds in her career debut for Oakland.
JJ Williams, Wright State (Fr., G): In two games for the Raiders, averaged 8.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg. Finished with double digit points (11) against Austin Peay while also collecting eight rebounds.
Teodora Zagorac, UIC (Fr., C): Scored her first collegiate points going 2-for-8 from the field. Also collected two steals and one block for the Flames.
Players of the Week
Tay’ler Mingo, Wright State (Sr., G)
Freshmen of the Week
Nikki Arbanas, Youngstown State (Fr., G)
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