Illinois State freshman guard Shakeela Fowler has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for women's basketball, the league announced Monday.
Fowler scored 15 points with a career-high eight assists in a 64-57 win at Evansville on Friday. She was 5 for 10 from the field and made all five of her free throws.
In a 76-71 loss at Southern Illinois on Sunday, Fowler scored 15 points to go with five rebounds and three assists.
Fowler and the Redbirds (5-15, 3-6) play host to Indiana State on Friday in their annual Play 4Kay cancer awareness game.