Matt
Spreacker
Senior/Forward/Men's Basketball
Hometown: Pella, Iowa
Matt
earns his third athlete of the month award this season after
a tremendous month. He averaged 17.6 points, 6.3 rebounds,
3.1 assists and two steals over seven games. Matt also shot
60.8% from the floor and 78.9% from the free throw line.
He posted his eighth double-double of the season with 23
points and 10 boards against regular season Midwest Classic
Conference champion William Penn University. Then, in Mount
Mercy's season finale at 17th-ranked Iowa Wesleyan College,
Matt poured in 25 points to become the 16th men's basketball
player in school history to join the 1,000-point club. In
just two seasons, he totaled 1,006 points to rank 16th all-time.
For the second year in a row, Matt earned first-team all-MCC
honors and was academic all-conference.
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Jenni
Baker
Junior/Guard/Women's Basketball
Hometown: Madrid, Iowa
Jenni
had the best month of her career, averaging 12.4 points,
3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 steals per contest. She
connected on 40.8% of her field goal attempts and shot 89.5%
from the free throw line. Jenni was 51-of-57 at the foul
line in eight games, including a school record 17-of-19
performance against William Penn University in the first
round of the Midwest Classic Conference tournament. She
finished with a career-high 24 points against the Lady Statesmen
and shattered the 16-year-old school record for free throws
made in a game while tying the mark for free throws attempted,
both held by Joan Steffen.
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