INDIANAPOLIS - For the third time in five weeks, Raegan Ryan has earned her Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week honor. After earning the honor in week one, three, and now five, Ryan continues to carry her team as the Lady Jackets have now won seven in a row and are 9-1 on the season, following its second overtime victory in the streak.

Raegan Ryan
Cedarville University (@CUJackets)
Senior - Guard
Canisteo, New York - Canisteo-Greenwood High School
 
Raegan Ryan has been named the G-MAC Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the third time this season, through five weeks of action. This past week, the Lady Jackets had only one game, topping Urbana at home in overtime.
 
Ryan, who continues to lead the league in scoring, scored a conference record 43 points in the victory, surpassing the previous record of 38 points by Laura Campbell of Ursuline from 2012. She added a team-high seven rebounds and four steals, plus three assists. The Lady Jackets trailed by nine points in the first half, before making a late run to hold a two point lead at halftime. Ryan scored eight of the team’s final ten points in the half.
 
In the second half, Cedarville once again got down big, trailing by a game-high 16 points with 8:03 remaining. Ryan scored 10 of the next 12 points for CU to bring them within four points with 6:40 remaining. Then with four second left, Urbana hit two free throws to go up by three points and at the buzzer, Ryan buried a three-pointer to send the game into overtime.
 
Trailing by two in OT, Ryan’s layup tied the game for the 13th and final time in the contest, and then with a two point lead her fifth three pointer gave the team a five-point lead and Cedarville was able to exchange free throws with Urbana to secure the 98-91 win.
 
Ryan finished 13-20, including 5-9 from long range. She was 12-13 from the free throw line to total her record 43 points. Ryan is scoring 21.4 points per game and shooting 52% from the field and a conference best 90.9% from the free throw line and 51.1% from long range to also lead the G-MAC. She is second in assists with 4.5 per game and leads the way with 30 steals (3.0 per game).
 
View Raegan Ryan's bio (from YellowJackets.Cedarville.edu)