KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kennedy Stormer of Bismarck State (N.D.) has been named the NAIA Women's Basketball
Gared Sports Performance Offensive Player of the Week after delivering a solid three-game stretch. The senior guard from Mandan, North Dakota, topped 30 points twice after having reached that mark only once previously this season.
Across the week's action, Stormer averaged 28.3 points per game while shooting 49.2 percent from the field, totaling 85 points on 31-of-63 shooting in 118 minutes. She added 14 assists and 23 rebounds, consistently carrying the Mystics' offense with high-volume efficiency and the ability to create for others.
Stormer opened the stretch on Jan. 30 against Providence (Mont.), logging 24 points in 38 minutes on 10-of-22 shooting. She followed that performance the next day versus Montana State-Northern with 30 points in 40 minutes, hitting 11-of-21 from the floor while also getting to the line for six made free throws. The week culminated on Feb. 1 with a road matchup against the University of North Dakota, where Stormer delivered her most complete performance. Though the Mystics fell 89–80, she poured in 31 points on 10-of-20 shooting, knocked down 3-of-6 from three-point range, and went 8-of-10 at the free-throw line. Stormer nearly recorded a triple-double, finishing with 10 assists and nine rebounds to go with her 31 points.
Beyond the scoring totals, Stormer averaged 39.3 minutes per game, contributed 7.7 rebounds per contest, and posted 4.7 assists per game for the week, highlighted by her 10-assist outing against North Dakota.
This is Stormer's first national Player of the Week award and the first-ever for an Mystic since joining the NAIA. She has four player of the week awards in the Frontier Conference.
21 games into the season, she leads the Frontier Conference in scoring with 22.1 points per game. That mark currently ranks fifth in the NAIA.
Up next for her and the women's team is a pair of crucial conference road games on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 & 7. They head to Dillon, Mont. on Friday for, up to this point, their most important game of the season against Montana Western (8-12, 6-10). BSC is currently tied for seventh spot in the Frontier Conference standings with the Bulldogs and sits just one game ahead of Bellevue (Neb.), which has an eye for the final playoff spot.
Following Friday's game, they head to Butte, Mont., to take on the No. 13-ranked Montana Tech Orediggers (16-4, 12-4), who are currently third in the conference. Both games are scheduled for 6 p.m. CT (5 p.m. MT).
They return home on Feb. 13 & 14 as they welcome Mayville State (1-20, 0-16) and Valley City State (7-13, 4-12). Those 5 p.m. games mark the final Mystics basketball games played inside the historic BSC Armory before the opening of the Bavendick Center.
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women's schedule for information on how to follow and watch the team, and attend the final two home games.
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