ST. LOUIS – Lacy Stokes of Missouri State women’s basketball has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for the ninth time this season, the league announced today (March 11).
Stokes averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.0 rebounds per game in a weekend split at UIC and Valparaiso. She also shot .480 (12-25) from the field and .800 from the free throw line (8-10) across the two games while playing 39.2 minutes per game.
On Thursday night at UIC, Stokes scored 11 points in addition to tallying a team-high five steals and dishing out three assists.
In Saturday’s win at Valparaiso, Stokes scored a game-high 22 points (7-for-12 FG, 7-for-8 FT) in addition to dishing out a game-high seven assists and collecting a game-high four steals while never leaving the floor. Stokes’ performance against Valparaiso marked her third 20-point outing of the season and is her second such outing in the last three games.
The Mount Vernon, Mo., native has three consecutive games with at least four steals and now owns 13 games this season with five or more assists.
Stokes’ previous awards this season came on Dec. 4, Dec. 18, Dec. 27, Jan. 9, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 20 and March 5.
The Lady Bears head to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament later this week as the No. 3 seed. Missouri State will play at 8:30 p.m. CT on Friday, March 15 against the winner of No.6 Murray State/No. 11 Bradley.
