MONMOUTH, Ill. — For the fourth straight season, Monmouth College’s Melissa Jones was named to the All-Midwest Conference women’s basketball team. Another Fighting Scot, junior Troy Bennett, was selected to the men’s All-MWC squad.

Jones, who previously had one first team and two second team honors in her outstanding Monmouth career, was named to the 11-member first team. In conference action, she finished as the league’s fourth-leading scorer (15.1 points per game) and was also ninth in rebounding (5.8), sixth in field goal percentage (.503) and 13^th in blocked shots (0.43).

When non-conference action is added in, Jones actually led the MWC in scoring (16.7 ppg), and her 37 points against Rockford was the most by any player in the league in a single game. Jones finished her career at Monmouth with 1,318 points, the third-highest total in the history of the women’s program.

“Going into the coaches’ meeting, there was no question in my mind that she was a first-team all-conference player,” said MC coach Dennis Mann. “She’s very deserving of that honor.”

Bennett, who received honorable mention, earned his first MWC recognition for a season that saw him average 16.9 points per game in the league (11th place) and 16.6 overall (10th place). In the MWC, Bennett was also 16th in rebounding (5.4), fifth in field goal percentage (.586) and seventh in blocked shots (0.69).

“The honor was certainly a tribute to his last half-dozen games,” said men’s coach Terry Glasgow of a stretch that saw Bennett average 20.8 ppg. “With our 2-14 league record, it was tough for Troy to place higher than honorable mention.”

The men’s first team consisted of Grinnell’s Steve Wood, Lawrence’s Chris Braier, Beloit’s Marques Flowers, St. Norbert’s Kari Hannula and Illinois College’s Garrett Ingram. Wood was named Player of the Year and IC’s Mike Worrell earned the top coaching honor.

Joining Jones on the first team was Player of the Year Stacy Ritter of St. Norbert and the Coach of the Year was SNC’s Connie Tilley. The Green Knights won both the regular season and tournament championships.

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