Doane women's basketball spent the week before Christmas in Arizona, where the Tigers picked up a pair of wins, including one over a Top 20 team in the NAIA. Now this week, in a reflection of that success, both G-PACK weekly women's basketball awards were bestowed upon members of that Tiger team.  

 

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Basketball Players-of-the-Week 

 

Offensive – Macy Holtz, Doane University (Forward) 

Macy Holtz of Doane University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women's basketball offensive player-of-the-week.  Holtz, a senior from Plainview, Minnesota, paced the Tigers to a pair of road wins in Arizona. She posted her first career double-double in a four-point win over NAIA No. 19 Arizona Christian, scoring a career-high 30 points. She added a career-high 11 rebounds in the game. For the week, she averaged 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.0 blocks while shooting 44-percent from the floor. Holtz shot 57-percent behind the 3-point line and was 18-of-18 at the free throw line. 

              

Defensive – Kaylee Klover, Doane University (Guard) 

Kaylee Klover of Doane University is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women's basketball defensive player-of-the-week.  Klover, a senior from Blue Springs, Nebraska, pulled down 19 defensive rebounds and had six steals on the week. She posted a pair of double-doubles to run her season total to six. Klover averaged 15.0 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 3.0 steals in two wins over teams with a combined record of 19-6, including NAIA No. 19 Arizona Christian. 

 

Doane women's basketball is now 9-2 on the season, and will close out competition in 2024 at Bellevue's Bruin Classic on Sunday and Monday.