WB2k23: National Players of the Week

Angel Reese - LSU

LSU improved to 12-0 in an 87-55 win over Oregon State at the Maui Classic on Sunday. Reese scored 25 points with 20 rebounds in 37 minutes of action. She started the Maui Classic with 30 points and 12 rebounds in a 91-52 thrashing of Montana State, Dec. 17. Reese's week started with a 32-point 15-rebound effort at home against Lamar in an 88-42 blowout on Dec. 15. Reese is averaging 24.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in her first 12 games at LSU. Reese, a 6-3 forward, competed at Maryland during her first two seasons.

Ce'Nara Skanes - Eastern Michigan

Ce'Nara Skanes helped Eastern Michigan improve to 6-2 in a Dec. 17 victory over Xavier. She scored 18 points with 12 rebounds in the 51-44 road win. Skanes is a six-foot forward from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She scored her 1,000th point in the win, currently sitting at 1,001. This season she is averaging 12.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots per game. Skanes shot a season best 83.3 percent against Xavier and recorded her third double-double of the season.

JuToreyia Willis - Tuskeegee

A 5-11 grad student guard at NCAA Division II Tuskeegee, JuToreyia Willis nearly led her team to an upset over Division I Florida A&M, Dec. 12. Willis had 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in a 77-75 overtime loss over the host Rattlers. She followed that with 12 points, eight assists with just one turnover and seven rebounds in a 78-62 win against Savannah State, Dec. 15. After that Willis scored 16 points with seven rebounds and four assists with no turnovers as her team pounded Edward Waters 71-30, Dec. 17.

Darrione Rogers - DePaul

Darrione Rogers posted a triple-double when her team was in need of a new scoring leader as All-American sophomore Aneesah Morrow had to prematurely leave last Monday's 81-56 win over Howard due to injury. Rogers had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the home win. She also had two steals and two blocks. The 5-11 junior guard entered Sunday's game averaging 19.5 points, 5.7 assists and five rebounds. On Sunday she helped DePaul improve to 9-3 with 17 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in an 80-71 win over Georgetown.

Esmery Martinez - Arizona

A 6-2 senior forward from the Dominican Republic, Esmery Martinez posted her third double-double of the season on Dec. 14. Martinez scored 16 points with 12 rebounds in an 89-55 runaway win over visiting Texas Southern. She shot 6-7 from the field, ending a rough three-game shooting stretch where she shot .333. Overall Martinez is shooting a career best 57.7 percent from the field, including 46.7 percent from three. Martinez is averaging 12.4 points and 9.3 rebounds in her first season at Arizona after three at West Virginia. She may possibly score her 1,000th career point in her next game as she has 990 points over 96 appearances.

Cameron Brink - Stanford

Cameron Brink posted 21 points with 17 rebounds, leading No. 2 Stanford to a 77-70 in over Tennessee on Sunday. Brink also blocked six shots and dished out two assists for the home team in the victory. Brink is averaging a career high 3.2 blocked shots per game. She has 217 blocks in 79 games over three seasons so far. She is also nearing in on 1,000 points, currently with 947. Brink is averaging 13 points per game this season.