Claflin Guard Nya Morris
5-9, Senior, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Averaged 23 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 steals, while shooting 52 percent from the field (26-of-52), 100 percent from the free throw line (12-of-12), and 37 percent from three-point range, in helping lead the Panthers to a 2-1 record last week. In the Panthers’ victory over Winston-Salem State (2/8), she scored a season high 32 points on 13-of-25 shooting and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, recorded seven rebounds, handed out four assists and recorded five steals.

This is Morris’ third year in the program. She went from averaging 11.6 points her first year to 15.4 points last year, to a CIAA leading 21.1 points per game this year which is eighth in Division II. She leads the CIAA in field goal percentage (.493), three-point percentage (.457, fifth in DII), and is third in steals (3.2, 11th in DII). She originally played two seasons at Lackawanna College where she was a second team NJCAA DII All-American and was named Region XIX DII Player of the Year. During her last season, she averaged 20.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

HBCU National Player of the Week: Claflin Guard Nya Morris