KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State’s Paige Lunsford and Missouri Western’s Sarafina Handy have been named the MIAA Co-Women’s Basketball Athletes of the Week.

Lunsford nearly averaged a double-double in a pair of wins for FHSU over Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma. She averaged 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game for the week, while recording the first double-double of her career. She picked up the double-double in the 68-47 win over Northeastern State with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while adding a team-high four assists.

The 13 rebounds set a new career high for Lunsford.

In a 59-56 overtime win over Central Oklahoma, she scored a career-high 22 points and pulled down five rebounds, while adding three steals and two assists. She scored a go-ahead layup for FHSU with just over a minute left in regulation after the Tigers trailed by 14 with 6:10 to go in the third quarter. She hit a pair of key free-throws under a minute remaining in overtime to help keep FHSU in front for good.

Handy was clutch, making key baskets as the Griffon Women won on the road at Washburn and Emporia State this week, two places the program had not won since the 2003-04 season.