ST. LOUIS – Redshirt junior Mary Crompton has earned the title of Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week following her performances at Indiana State and Evansville over the weekend, as announced by the conference office Monday morning.
Illinois State is now the only program in the league this season to have three different student-athletes honored as the Valley Player of the Week, with fifth year Juliunn Redmond and junior DeAnna Wilson having previously held the title the weeks of Dec. 13 and Dec. 27, respectively.
Crompton averaged 16.0 points, 3.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds to help the 'Birds go 2-0 this weekend and improve on ISU's best start in conference play since the 2007-08 campaign. The Iowa City, Iowa-native finished with 10 points in Illinois State's Friday victory over Indiana State, tallying three rebounds, three assists and a steal in 33 minutes of action. The sharpshooter went on to put up a career-high 22 points versus Evansville on Sunday, going a blistering 6-of-7 from behind the arc while also dishing out a team-high four assists.
Crompton leads the Valley in three-point percentage, shooting at a 41.9% clip and has made multiple threes in 12 of 14 games this year, including ISU's last eight contests. Already ISU's freshman and sophomore three-point record holder, Crompton continues to climb up ISU's all-time three-point field goal leaders, currently ranked fifth in school history with 179 career threes.
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ISU returns home this week to host Valparaiso on Thursday and Loyola Chicago on Saturday at Redbird Arena. Both games are slated for 6 p.m. CT tips and will be streamed on ESPN+/3.
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