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| Makayla Anderson Concordia-Moorhead athletics photo |
The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in season No. 28 of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.
| Men | Pos. | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Jair Knight, Jr. Emory |
G | Kylie Minter, Jr. Trinity (Texas) |
| Russ Marr, Sr. Sewanee |
G | Paige Yagodinski, Sr. St. Olaf |
| Jamir Billings, Sr. Wooster |
G | F | Natalie Gricius, Jr. Carroll |
| Cole Dailey, Jr. Bethany |
F | Makayla Anderson, Sr. Concordia-Moorhead |
| Kamden Ross, Sr. Schreiner |
C | F | Ella Ten Pas, Sr. Ripon |
| Games of Nov. 18-24, 2024 | Previous seasons | All-time honorees | ||
Women's
Kylie Minter
Minter led Trinity to three straight road wins in California, defeating Whitter, Redlands, and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. She averaged 20 points per game, shooting 56% from the field, 39% from three-point range, and 75% from the foul line. Minter also averaged four rebounds, three assists, and three steals per game. She was instrumental in leading Trinity to two second half double-digit comebacks, including scoring the Tigers' final 14 points against Redlands.
Paige Yagodinski
Yagodinski made 12 three-pointers (on 20 attempts) while averaging 19 points, three rebounds, and four assists per game to lead St. Olaf to a 2-0 week. After going 5-for-9 from behind the arc and scoring 17 points in Wednesday's 72-38 win over Crown, the senior matched the program's single-game record for three-pointers by shooting 7-for-11 on her way to a career-high 21 points in Saturday's 73-66 win at Minnesota-Morris. Over the two games, Yagodinski shot 54% from the field and 60% from three-point range.
Natalie Gricius
Gricius led Carroll to a win over No. 19 Hope. She paced all scorers with 27 points, scoring 12 of the team's 15 points in the overtime period. On the week, Gricius averaged 20 points and six rebounds, shooting 60% from the floor and hitting eight of nine FTs.
Makayla Anderson
Anderson scored a career-high 26 points in the Cobbers' 86-75 win over No. 24 UW-Stout on Saturday. Anderson shot 71% from the floor and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds.
Ella Ten Pas
Ten Pas did all she could possibly do in Ripon's heartbreaking 50-49 loss at Wheaton on Tuesday. Scoring 20 and grabbing 24 rebounds, Ten Pas shot 8-of-13 from the floor and added three steals and two blocks.
Men's
Jair Knight
Knight averaged 27 points on the weekend as the Eagles went 2-0 at the Great Lakes Invitational with convincing wins over Calvin and John Carroll. On Friday night, Knight dropped a career-high 31 points to go along with 11 rebounds, two blocks, and two steals as Emory took down the host Knights, 83-74. The next night, Knight paced the Eagles with 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting while adding six rebounds and three steals as Emory handled the Blue Streaks, 90-75.
Russ Marr
Jamir Billings
Billings averaged 17 points, seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals at the Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic. He scored 22 points and went 6-of-9 on 3-pointers in Saturday's 79-73 win over Mount Union, adding eight rebounds, six assists, and two steals in the win.
Cole Dailey
Dailey averaged a double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds to go along with seven assists and six blocks in two victories for Bethany. He stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, nine rebounds, eight blocks, six assists, and two steals in a comeback win over Mount Aloysius and scored 17 with 18 rebounds in a huge win over Case Western Reserve.
Kamden Ross
Ross won Schreiner's game against Texas-Dallas, hitting two free throws at the end of regulation, down one. He averaged 21 points on 57% shooting, eight rebounds, two steals and two assists per game. Ross broke the SCAC record for career rebounds and is now just 33 short of 1,000 for his career.