Miranda Murphy Award Player of the Week Week Of 1/8/2017 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 Murphy was the Knight’s leading scorer and rebounder on the week with 15.5 PPG and 8.0 rebounds per game As the Knights went 2-0 on the week Murphy shot .500 from the field and 1.000 (5-5) from the free throw line In a 73-55 victory over Loras, Murphy scored 13 points, secured 13 rebounds, added one assist, one blocked shot, and three steals In the Knight’s 77-54 win against Dubuque, Murphy scored 15 points, tallied three rebounds, one assist and one steal Wartburg remains undefeated in IIAC play at 5-0 and 13-1 overall Murphy is now a two-time Women’s basketball and Female Athlete of the Week honoree (1/1/17, 1/8/17) The Knights are ranked No. 11 in the d3hoops.com Top 25 poll and No. 9 in the WBCA Top 25 poll
