RILEY BRADY OF HENDRIX COLLEGE, a junior forward from Little Rock, Ark., has been named the SCAC Women’s Basketball Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Sunday, December 28 through Sunday, January 4. It marks the second-straight week she has been honored with the award. SCAC Women's Basketball Release (Week 8)
Brady had a historic weekend and helped Hendrix to a 2-0 start to conference play in a home and home matchup against Ozarks. Against the Eagles on Friday, the junior put up 14 points and 17 rebounds. On Sunday, she made history, posting a 21-31 double-double in a 75-73 thriller. In addition to her rebounding efforts, Brady also averaged 2.3 steals and 0.3 blocks per game, including six steals, tying the SCAC single game high this season, in the Warriors win over Ozarks on Friday. Her 31 rebounds set a new single-game record for both Hendrix women's basketball and the SCAC. In just eight contests this year, Brady has accounted for four 20-plus rebound performances and has already imprinted her name in the conference record book with three top six single game performances in SCAC history in terms of rebounds, highlighted by her record breaking 31on Sunday. Her 31 rebounds broke the old mark set by former Hendrix standout Jamie Tate who grabbed 29 against Austin College in 2012.
Junior guard Avory Miller of Austin College had a strong all-around game in the ‘Roos’ lone contest last week, a 61-42 win at Dallas. Miller had two steals to lead a stalwart defensive effort by the 'Roos and also handed out six assists against just one turnover while grabbing a pair of rebounds, both on the defensive glass. Senior guard Kylie Weeks of LeTourneau averaged 4.5 steals to go with 16.0 points, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for the YellowJackets. She nabbed six steals with 12 points and two rebounds in a comeback win over Manchester. Weeks then had three steals with 20 points, five assists, and two rebounds in a 79-66 win at Centenary. Senior guard Amyia Bowie of St. Thomas lifted the Celts to a 2-1 week to open 2026, including wins over Manchester and on the road at ETBU. Bowie averaged 2.7 steals per game and grabbed 4.3 defensive rebounds per contest to go along with 0.7 blocks per night.
| SCAC Women's Basketball Defensive Players-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 | Kayla Presley, Texas Lutheran University |
| Week 2 | Maria Podskarbi, University of Dallas |
| Week 3 | Aryana Cleveland, McMurry University |
| Week 4 | Lili Garcia, University of the Ozarks |
| Week 5 | Riley Brady, Hendrix College |
| Week 6 | Samantha Ising, Concordia University |
| Week 7 | Riley Brady, Hendrix College |
| Week 8 | Riley Brady, Hendrix College |
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