Mallory Powers shooting a three-pointer against Wheaton

Powers Named to D3hoops Team of the Week

First national recognition of her career

1/28/2025 8:03:00 AM

D3hoops Release

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball senior Mallory Powers (Amboy, Ill.-Amboy) picked up her second accolade in as many days as she was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week late Monday night, Jan. 27. She is the first Titan to be named to the national team of the week since Lauren Huber garnered the honor earlier this season and the ninth individual to earn the award in program history.

Powers put together an incredible week as IWU grabbed a pair of College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin victories, Jan. 22-25. With the wins, the Titans pushed their record to 18-0 overall and 9-0 in league play, marking their best start to a season since the 2009-10 campaign.

The Amboy, Ill. native averaged 19.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per game over the two-game stretch. Her stat-stuffing showings came on incredibly efficient shooting as Powers connected on 13-of-21 shot attempts, good for a 61.9 clip. She was even better from beyond the arc, going 8-for-12 (66.7 percent), and finished 4-for-5 at the free throw line.

She began the week with a career-high 21 points at Millikin, Jan. 22, to lead IWU to a rivalry win, 81-60. Powers pulled in a game-high 10 rebounds in the contest to secure the fifth double-double of her career, while also pacing the team with six assists and three steals. The senior guard finished the week with 17 points, six boards, seven assists, two steals, and a block in a 93-57 win over Wheaton, Jan. 25. Powers tied a career-high as she hit five three-pointers in the win over the Thunder, while playing just 28 minutes.

Powers and the Titans are back in action Saturday, Feb. 1, with a road game at Elmhurst University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside R.A. Faganel Hall and will serve as the first part of a double feature with the IWU men's basketball team.

The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in season No. 28 of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men	Pos.	Women
Lence Altenor, Jr. St. Joseph's (Conn.)	G	Mallory Powers, Sr. Illinois Wesleyan
Andre Renta, Jr. UW-Eau Claire	G	Grace Jaffray, Fr. Johnson & Wales
Zevi Samet, Jr. Yeshiva	G	Kacie Carollo, Sr. UW-Whitewater
Jax Madson, Sr. Bethany Lutheran	G	Angelina Kohlwaies, So. Mt. Aloysius
Garrett Cox, Sr. Hood	F	Sarah Santicola, Jr. Allegheny

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