by LAWRENCE, Kan. — MorningRain Honani has been named the Continental Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, the conference announced Monday.
Honani, a junior guard from Flagstaff, Arizona, earned the honor for her 29-point performance against Sterling on Saturday at Coffin Sports Complex. She shot 10-of-18 from the field, 5-of-9 from three-point range and 4-of-4 at the free-throw line, adding three rebounds and five assists while playing all 40 minutes in Haskell’s 78-70 loss.
It is her second weekly award in the season’s first two weeks. Honani opened the year as the CAC’s first Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 26.5 points and 7.5 rebounds across two games at the Bellevue Invitational in Nebraska, scoring 27 against Dickinson State and 26 against Bellevue.
Through three games, Honani is averaging 27.3 points per game for Haskell.
Florida National sophomore Maria De Gracia earned the week’s defensive honor after posting a team-high 20 points and nine rebounds against the University of the Virgin Islands.
Haskell (0-3) returns to Coffin Sports Complex on Saturday, Nov. 7, hosting Mount Marty at 3 p.m. CT.
