Alexa Willard honored as Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week!
St. LOUIS — Missouri State freshman guard Alexa Willard was honored Monday as the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week in women’s basketball.
Willard helped the Lady Bears to a pair of big road wins last week, scoring 14 points in each game at Evansville and Southern Illinois. Friday at UE, Willard needed only five field goal attempts to reach 14 points as she made a pair of treys and went 6-for-6 at the foul line.
Sunday, the Stoutland graduate added another 14 points and two rebounds to finish the week shooting 43 percent both overall and from long range while making all seven free throw attempts.