Miranda Murphy Award Player of the Week Week Of 1/1/2017 Sport Women's Basketball School Wartburg College Year Junior Position Hometown Alleman, Iowa High School North Polk Female Athlete of the Week - Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Miranda Murphy, Wartburg College Jr., F, Alleman, Iowa/North Polk Was Wartburg’s leading scorer from December 19, 2016 to January 1, 2017 averaging 18.00 points, 5.25 rebounds, and 1.50 assists per game while shooting .571 from the field Named to the All-Tournament team at the Wartburg AmericInn Holiday Tournament, where she had a career-high 27 points against No. 5/6 Washington University-St. Louis in the tournament championship game In an 84-87 loss to No. 5/6 Washington University-St. Louis Murphy scored 27 points (9-of-16 FG, 3-of-7 3FG), seven rebounds, and two assists while also going 6-of-8 from the free throw line In the Knight’s 85-41 win over Hamline University Murphy scored 15 points (7-of-10 FG, 1-of-1 3fg), while also adding two rebounds, one assist, and one steal Murphy led all scorers with 24 points (9-of-11 FG, 2-of-3 3FG) in the Knight’s 86-56 win over William Smith. She also added seven boards, one assist and one blocked shot In the opening game of the Cruzin’ Classic Murphy helped the Knights to a 72-53 victory over Southern Maine. Murphy scored six points, five rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one blocked shot The Knights are ranked No. 11 in the d3hoops.com Top 25 poll and No. 9 in the WBCA Top 25 poll
