DALLAS – Conference USA honored a pair of standouts as Co-Players of the Week after both posted top 10 performances in C-USA history.  Charlotte senior guard Octavia Jett-Wilson averaged 29.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, including 42 points in one outing.  She shares the honors with Old Dominion junior forward Amari Young, who averaged 12.0 points and 17.0 rebounds in two wins, including the second-highest rebound total (24) ever in a C-USA league game.  Charlotte newcomer Jacee Busick also picked up her second straight and third overall Freshman of the Week accolade after averaging 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds for the 49ers.  Awards are voted on by the league's women's basketball communications directors. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Surf & Turf Golf.
 
CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OCTAVIA JETT-WILSON, CHARLOTTE
SENIOR, G, 5-8, GREENBELT, MD
Jett-Wilson was back on a scoring tear again this weekend, averaging 29.5 points including a career-best tying 42 points to set the Halton Arena scoring record in her final game inside the venue.  She topped the previous arena record of 35 and equaled her career high that she set recently at Old Dominion, becoming only the second player in school history with multiple 40-plus scoring games, both in a career and in a season.  Jett-Wilson now owns two of the top 10 scoring performances in a C-USA game and she became the first Charlotte player since 2001 with three or more 30+ scoring games in the same season.  She set a school standard for most free throws made without a miss by going 14-of-14 at the charity stripe, one of 11 single-game performances in program history with 10 or more free throws made without a miss. Jett-Wilson opened the weekend with a team-best 17 points and extended her double-digit scoring streak to 10 with the back-to-back games.  She also averaged 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals, 2.5 assists and 1.0 blocks in the two contests with the Owls.
 
AMARI YOUNG, OLD DOMINION
JUNIOR, F, 5-11, NORTH AUGUSTA, GA
Young led Old Dominion to a pair of wins over WKU by averaging 12.0 points and 17.0 rebounds, making the Monarchs the only team to sweep over the final weekend of the regular season.  She put together an impressive 34 rebounds in two games, highlighted by 24 on Friday night, matching her career-high.  Those 24 rebounds tie for the second-most in a C-USA league game.  Young drained back-to-back free throws in the final 25 seconds of play on Friday to help solidify ODU’s win over the Lady Toppers.  She recorded her eighth double-double of the season in Friday’s win, finishing with 16 points to go along with the 24 boards.  Young packed the stat sheet each night, recording five steals, three steals and four assists over two games.
 
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
JACEE BUSICK, CHARLOTTE
FRESHMAN, G, 6-1, KERNERSVILLE, NC
Busick concluded the regular season by averaging 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds as the 49ers split their series with Florida Atlantic.  She opened the weekend with a career-best tying 15 points, including knocking down her only 3-point attempt and converting all four free throws.  It marked Busick’s highest point total against a league opponent, as she tallied her fourth conference double-figure scoring game and sixth overall.  She secured five rebounds, three offensive, and handed out an assist against the Owls.  Busick then drained another triple for her only points in Saturday’s series finale, while grabbing all four of her boards on the defensive glass.
 
C-USA Players of the Week
N30        Nancy Mulkey, Rice
D7           Margaret Whitley, UAB
D14        Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
D21        Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
D28        N'Yah Boyd, North Texas
J4            Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
J11          Ajah Wayne, Old Dominion
J18          Jada McMillian, Charlotte
J25          Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee
F1           Anastasia Hayes, Middle Tennessee | Raneem Elgedawy, WKU
F8           Iggy Allen, Florida Atlantic
F15         Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte | Nancy Mulkey, Rice
F22         Zakyia Weathersby, UAB
M1         Iggy Allen, Florida Atlantic
M7         Octavia Jett-Wilson, Charlotte | Amari Young, Old Dominion
 
C-USA Freshmen of the Week
N30        Ally Collett, WKU
D7           Jacee Busick, Charlotte
D14        Taylor Jackson, Louisiana Tech
D21        Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
D28        None
J4            Tommisha Lampkin, North Texas
J11          Caitlynn Daniels, UAB
J18          Melyia Grayson, Southern Miss
J25          Kahia Warmsley, Southern Miss
F1           Hope Sivori, WKU
F8           Lanay Wheaton, Old Dominion
F15         Molina Williams, Charlotte
F22         Caitlynn Daniels, UAB
M1         Jacee Busick, Charlotte
M7         Jacee Busick, Charlotte