ST. LOUIS, MO. ? The Missouri Valley Conference announced Monday (March 10) that Drake senior Jill Martin (Norwalk, Iowa/Norwalk) has been selected as the State Farm/MVC Women's Basketball Player of the Week. This marks the fourth time this season Martin has been tabbed for the weekly honor, most among all conference players and the fifth time overall that a Bulldog has been honored with junior Lauren Dybing (Bloomington, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran) taking home the accolades on Jan. 28.

Martin put together a statement week for Drake, averaging 26.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in helping the Bulldogs to a 2-0 mark and a share of their first regular season conference crown since the 2000-01 campaign. She connected on 66.7 percent of her attempts from the field and 50 percent beyond the arc.

In Drake's 61-58 victory at Missouri State on Thursday (March 6), Martin scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting and pulled down a team-best nine rebounds. Her free throw with 19 seconds remaining provided the difference in helping the Bulldogs to their third straight regular season victory at Missouri State.

Martin followed with a 27-point, eight-rebound effort in Drake's 53-51 triumph at Wichita State on Saturday (March 8). After scoring 22 points in the first half, she was double- and triple-teamed in the second half but was able to be a difference maker as she broke free from the defense and made lay-up with 1:38 remaining gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the second half, 52-51. She then connected on a free throw with nine seconds remaining to provide the difference in the contest. She hit 11 of her 16 shots and finished the affair with game highs in points (27) and rebounds (8), while adding three assists and two steals.

On the year, Martin is averaging a team- and league-best 17.1 points per game, while ranking second in the MVC in rebounding with a team-high 8.8 rebounds. In league-only affairs, she registered 16.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. She has posted 12 double-doubles, including nine in the MVC, with six of those coming against Illinois State, Evansville and Creighton.

She is the active leader for both men's and women's basketball in the MVC in career double-doubles with 38.

The third-seeded Bulldogs (20-9) open play at the State Farm MVC Championship on Friday (March 14) versus sixth-seeded Indiana State (14-14) at 8:35 p.m. at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.