Hill scored 37 points against Rockhurst, setting a single-game team record. She also grabbed 11 rebounds and three steals in the win. As a team, Drury broke the school record for most points scored and most steals (33) in a game in the 114-49 victory.
Hill also contributed 11 points and eight rebounds in the victory over St. Edward’s. For the week, she average 54.5 percent from the field and 71.4 percent from three-point range.
Drury, ranked first in the Division II South Central Region, is the nation’s fourth-leading scoring offense with 85.0 points per game. The Lady Panthers are beating foes by a 28.3-point average, which ranks second in the NCAA, while holding opponents to a 34.5 field goal percentage, which is fifth in the nation.
THREE-PEAT: No. 3 Washburn defeated No. 6 Emporia State, 57-48, on February 23 to clinch the Lady Blues third consecutive Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association title.
Washburn (25-2, 15-2) will be the No. 1 seed in the MIAA Tournament March 3-6.
The Lady Blues run a stifling defense, holding foes to just 52.1 points per game, while boasting the nation’s sixth-best scoring margin of 21.7. They out-rebound opponents by 10.3 per game. Washburn is 12th in the nation with a 46.6 field goal percentage, while limiting opponents to just a 35.2 field goal percentage (16th in NCAA).
GIVE ME SOME SUGAR: Central Arkansas defeated Arkansas-Monticello, 65-61, on February 21 to earn its first-ever Gulf South Conference West regular season title.
Carone Harris poured in 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Caronica Randle scored 18 and posted 11 rebounds.
Harris also added five steals in the victory, setting the NCAA record for career steals in all divisions. Her career total currently stands at 625. Harris leads the NCAA this season with 5.7 steals per game.
The Sugar Bears, first in the Division II South Regional rankings, have won 17 of their last 18 games after starting the season with a 3-5 record.
TITLE HUNT: No. 9 Merrimack earned a share of the Northeast-10 regular season title as the Warriors defeated Bryant, 70-66, on February 22.
Joelle Martin poured in a career-high 28 points and senior Eileen Brosnihan recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Martin leads the Warriors in scoring with 16.5 points per game.
Merrimack (23-4, 18-4), the top team in the Division II East Regional rankings, will be the No. 1 in the Northeast-10 Tournament after No. 15 Bentley fell to No. 22 American International on February 23.
SECOND TIME AROUND: North Dakota’s Chelsea Hausauer earned North Central Conference Co-Player of the Week for the second time this season after helping the Sioux to a 78-73 win over South Dakota on February 19.
Hausauer scored a career-high 31 points and shot 50 percent from the floor in the victory.
No. 14 North Dakota is second in the Division II North Central rankings. The Sioux boast the 10th-best scoring average in the nation with 80.2 points, while out-rebounding opponents at an 8.6 clip, which ranks 13th in the NCAA. North Dakota (20-5) currently owns first place in the North Central Conference standings with an 8-2 record.
