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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) has released its winter sports weekly awards for the week of February 12-18.
Destiny Piekarski, forward for Minnesota North College - Rainy River, earned this week's MCAC North Division Women's Basketball Athlete-of-the-Week award. Piekarski scored 74 points, grabbed 23 rebounds, and had four assists, eight steals, and three blocks in her two games. She is averaging a double-double in each of her 20 games this season. Central Lakes College guard Quamar Gresham scored 35 points and picked up seven rebounds, seven assists, and four steals in his 60 minutes of action. During the week, Gresham was 11 for 28 from the field, shooting 39.3%, to help his team pick up two wins, one of which was an overtime victory over #4 ranked Rainy River. Gresham earned this week's MCAC North Division Men's Basketball Athlete-of-the-Week award.
Minnesota West Community and Technical College guard Olivia Hayenga led her team to two wins, one of which was over #1 ranked Rochester Community & Technical College, with her 54 points and 29 rebounds in 64 minutes of action this week. Hayenga added 12 assists, two blocks, and seven steals while shooting 50% from the field and hitting 17 of her 19 free throws to earn the week's MCAC South Division Women's Basketball Athlete-of-the-Week honor. DeWayne Thompson, guard for Riverland Community College, earned this week's MCAC South Division Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week award after scoring 44 points in the Blue Devils' two wins this week. Thompson made 16 of 26 shots from the field and shot 66.7% from behind the arc while grabbing five rebounds, three assists, and a steal in 46 minutes of action.
As MCAC teams compile games and statistics, keep tabs on Conference leaders at the following links:
MCAC Women's Basketball Statistical Leaders: https://mcacsports.org/sports/wbkb/2023-24/leaders
MCAC Men's Basketball Statistical Leaders: https://mcacsports.org/sports/mbkb/2023-24/leaders
MCAC Women's Basketball Standings: https://mcacsports.org/sports/wbkb/2023-24/standings
MCAC Men's Basketball Standings: https://mcacsports.org/sports/mbkb/2023-24/standings
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MCAC BasketballNorth Division Athletes of the Week |
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Destiny Piekarski Minnesota North College - Rainy River FR / Forward Littlefork, MN |
Women's Basketball Athlete of the WeekMinutes Played: 81 minutes Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 27-50 3-PT Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 8-18 Free Throws (Made-Attempted): 12-16 Total Points: 74 points Total Rebounds: 23 rebounds Assists: 4 assists Steals: 8 steals Blocks: 3 blocks Noteworthy Information: Destiny is averaging 24.9 points and 14.2 rebounds per game this season. Next Contest: February 21 vs. Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range Team Record: 10-12 overall; 3-4 in the MCAC North
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Quamar Gresham Central Lakes College SO / Guard St. Cloud, MN
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Men's Basketball Athlete of the WeekMinutes Played: 60 minutes Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 11-28 3-PT Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 4-17 Free Throws (Made-Attempted): 9-11 Total Points: 35 points Total Rebounds: 7 rebounds Assists: 7 assists Steals: 4 steals Blocks: 0 blocks Noteworthy Information: Quamar shot 39.3% from the field and 81.8% from the free throw line during the week. Next Contest: February 21 vs. Minnesota North College - Itasca Team Record: 17-10 overall; 8-2 in the MCAC North
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MCAC BasketballSouth Division Athletes of the Week |
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Olivia Hayenga Minnesota West Community & Technical College SO / Guard Worthington, MN |
Women's Basketball Athlete of the WeekMinutes Played: 64 minutes Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 16-32 3-PT Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 3-9 Free Throws (Made-Attempted): 17-19 Total Points: 54 points Total Rebounds: 29 rebounds Assists: 12 assists Steals: 7 steals Blocks: 2 blocks Noteworthy Information: Olivia shot 50% from the field and 89.5% from the free throw line last week. Next Contest: February 22 at Mount Marty JV Team Record: 21-7 overall; 10-2 in the MCAC South
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DeWayne Thompson Riverland Community College SO / Guard St. Paul, MN |
Men's Basketball Athlete of the WeekMinutes Played: 46 minutes Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 16-26 3-PT Field Goals (Made-Attempted): 6-9 Free Throws (Made-Attempted): 6-6 Total Points: 44 points Total Rebounds: 5 rebounds Assists: 3 assists Steals: 1 steal Blocks: 0 blocks Noteworthy Information: DeWayne shot 61.5% from the field and 66.7% from the three-point arc last week. Next Contest: February 21 vs. Western Technical College Team Record: 26-2 overall; 12-1 in the MCAC North
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About the Minnesota College Athletic Conference
The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system, as well as select colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.