After playing a key role in wins against Tennessee Tech and No. 18 Louisville, Middle Tennessee women's basketball junior guard Savannah Wheeler has been named Conference USA Player of the Week Dec. 5.
A native of Catlettsburg, Ky., Wheeler averaged 19.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and four assists this week. Playing in all 40 minutes of Sunday's win over the ACC preseason favorite Cardinals, Wheeler poured on 23 points, five assists and six rebounds. Seventeen of Wheeler's 23 points came in the second half.
Wheeler finished Thursday's game vs. Tennessee Tech with 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Wheeler has scored in double figures in all seven games in 2022-23 and extended her double-digit scoring streak to 11 dating back to last season.
Middle Tennessee earned its first win vs. a ranked opponent since 2011. Thursday's win over Tennessee Tech marked the largest margin of victory for the Lady Raiders in their all-time series vs. the Golden Eagles, which dates back to 1976.
This is the 30th Conference USA Player of the Week award won by a Lady Raider and the first since Kseniya Malashka on Jan. 31, 2022.
The 2022-23 C-USA Players of the Week are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by the league's sports information directors.
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