The WNBA named Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier as the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept. 8. This marks Collier’s third Player of the Week selection of the season and the seventh of her career, now tying Seimone Augustus for the second-most by any Lynx player.
Collier finished the week averaging 22.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.5 blocks in 37.2 minutes per game. Following the 2-0 week by the Lynx, she ranks third in the WNBA in rebounding (9.8 ppg), fourth in scoring (20.6 ppg), fourth in steals (1.9 spg) and ninth in blocks (1.3 bpg).
In Minnesota’s 99-88 win against Indiana on Sept. 6, the 6-1 forward posted a game-high 26 points, a game-high 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks, marking her fourth 25+ point/10+ rebound game of the season (ninth career). With only one turnover at the conclusion of the game, Collier joins
Sylvia Fowles as the only two players in franchise history to amass 25+ points/10+ rebounds/2+steals/2+ blocks with one or less in turnovers.
On Sept. 8 against the Washington Mystics, Collier added a game-high 19 points, including a season-high-tying 9-of-9 from the free throw line, and a game-high 12 rebounds in 37:21 minutes. This marked her third 15+ point/10+ rebound game of the season with a single turnover or less (ninth career).
Caitlin Clark was this week’s Player of the Week from the Eastern Conference.
(info courtesy of Lynx)
