OKLAHOMA CITY – Mid-America Christian University sophomore guard Mikki Flores has been selected as the Sooner Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced today (Jan. 30).
Flores receives the honor after averaging 21 points per game, six rebounds and four assists in the Lady Evangels' two outings this past week.
The San Antonio, Texas native scored a career-high 30 points as the Lady Evangels just missed knocking off No. 23-ranked John Brown University last Saturday (Jan. 28). Flores hit eight threes vs. JBU, which tied for the third most in a single game in school history.
Flores also scored 12 points and recorded seven boards and three assists in a 70-54 victory at Southwestern Christian University last Thursday (Jan. 26).
She done a lot of her scoring damage from beyond the arc, hitting 61.1 percent (11-of-18) of her three-point attempts in the past two games.
For the season, Flores is second on the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and ranks third in the SAC and sixth in the NAIA with 5.9 assists per game.
Flores and the Lady Evangels will next play at Texas Wesleyan University next Thursday evening (Feb. 2) at 6 pm in Ft. Worth, Texas.