Release Courtesy of Matt Higgins, MIAC Assistant Executive Director
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus College women’s basketball team continued to benefit from the scoring prowess of sophomore guard Mikayla Miller (Goodhue, Minn.) when the team entered MIAC play last week. Gustavus went 1-1 against a pair of 2015 MIAC Playoff teams, with Miller averaging 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 steals, 3.5 assists per game while shooting 52 percent from the floor and 81.8 percent from the line. For her performance, the MIAC sports information directors honored Miller Monday with the MIAC Women’s Basketball Athlete-of-the-Week award.
Miller poured in 22 points – her fourth 20-plus point game this season – in Wednesday’s hard-fought 82-74 loss on the road at Saint Mary’s. She shot 3-for-7 from three and 5-for-5 from the line and added five rebounds, three assists and a remarkable seven steals against the Cardinals. Saturday, she scored 19 to help her team pull out a narrow 59-54 win at Augsburg while shooting 6-for-9 from the floor. She also had five rebounds, four assists and four steals in the win. This season, Miller’s 20.2 points per game leads the MIAC, as does her 19.0 scoring average in conference play. She also leads the MIAC with 11 steals in conference play and ranks sixth in both field-goal (.568) and three-point (.391) percentage.
Gustavus used last week’s split to improve to 4-2 overall and the Gusties are off to a 1-1 start in conference play, which has them in a six-way tie for fourth place behind a trio of 2-0 teams. Miller and company have another big week ahead in the MIAC, as they host Bethel Wednesday at 7 p.m. in a huge conference showdown, and Friday they travel to Macalester for a 5:45 p.m. tipoff.