Nov. 13, 2006
DALLAS - Jackie McFarland (Colorado) was named Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week while Danielle Wilson (Baylor) was selected Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week by a media voting panel for the opening weekend of games.
McFarland earned her third career weekly honor after being named rookie of the week twice during the 2004-05 season. Wilson, playing in her first collegiate games, was honored for the first time.
McFarland, a 6-3 junior forward from Derby, Kan., had 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 12 rebounds in the season-opening 62-56 win over San Francisco. She scored a game-high 27 points and pulled down 12 rebounds along with two assists and three steals against No. 16/15 Vanderbilt. McFarland recorded double-doubles in both games for the 20th and 21st of her career. She had nine points -- a 3-pointer and two conventional 3-point plays -- in the final minute against VU as Colorado nearly erased a 17-point second half deficit.
Wilson, a 6-3 freshman post out of Bay Shore, N.Y., blocked nine shots and averaged 13.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in Baylor's Preseason WNIT victories over North Texas and Hofstra last week. In each contest Wilson came off the bench and played 18 minutes. Against North Texas she scored 14 points, hauled down eight rebounds and blocked five shots. The New York native narrowly missed a double-double against Hofstra with a 12-point, 9-rebound performance. In addition, she blocked four shots and registered one steal.
Nov. 13
Big 12 Player of the Week - Jackie McFarland, CU, Jr
Big 12 Rookie of the Week - Danielle Wilson, BU, Fr
In other news, Baylor moved up three spots, from No. 19 to No. 16, in today's AP poll. With its Preseason WNIT victories over North Texas (84-47) and Hofstra (81-71), Baylor, now 2-0 on the season, moved past Kentucky and Michigan State in the poll. Baylor has extended its school-record AP Poll streak to 50 straight weeks.
Baylor will host a Preseason WNIT semifinal game on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. (CT). They will play the winner of tonight's No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 22 BYU contest.
