Sharmaine Baker has been named the G-MAC Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, and guided her team to a pair of wins in conference action this week, while leading the conference in scoring.
Against Ohio Valley, Baker scored a game-high 24 points in a dominating 93-43 win. She followed it up with a game-high 22 points against Salem International in another lopsided 88-40 win.
Against the Scots, Baker shot 8-13 from the floor and did a lot of damage from the free throw line, going 8-10. She played just 20 minutes, lowest among all the starters, but managed six rebounds and three steals. Against the Tigers, Baker show 6-9 from the field and once again spent a lot of time at the charity stripe, going 9-11. In just 19 minutes, which was once again lowest among the starters, she had seven rebounds.
Baker continues to lead the league in scoring, posting 20.1 points per game. She is seventh in rebounding (6.7/game), second in field goal percentage (54.7%), and leads the way with 122 free throws made. Entering the week, Baker was averaging 23 minutes played and 19.7 points per game, and this week she averaged 23 points in 19.5 minutes a game.