Eastern Illinois women's basketball claimed two of the league's top individual awards as the Ohio Valley Conference released its season awards today (March 4).
 
Macy McGlone was named the OVC Player of the Year for the second straight year while Kiyley Flowers was named the OVC Defensive Player of the Year.
 
McGlone, who also earned first team All-OVC honors, won the award for a second straight year.  McGlone ended the regular ranked fifth in the NCAA in rebounds with 335 and seventh in the NCAA in double-doubles with 17.  She added a pair of double-doubles this past week averaging 20.5 points and 20 rebounds per game to pick up her sixth OVC Player of the Week honor.  McGlone is averaging 17.7 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.1 percent from the field and ranking either first or second in the OVC in all four categories.  She moved into ninth on EIU's career scoring list and already ranks third in both career blocks and career rebounds.
 
Flowers earned the Defensive Player of the Year after leading the OVC in steals per game each of the last three years with the last two seasons at Southeast Missouri.  She is currently 17th in the NCAA in steals per game with 2.8 per contest (73 total).  She is tied for tenth on the EIU single season steals list and needs six more steals to get to 300 for her career.  Earlier this season Flowers had a streak of 56 consecutive games with at least one steal come to an end..  In addition to her defensive play, Flowers is second in the OVC in assists per game and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
EIU opens play at the OVC Tournament on Thursday as the No. 3 seed facing the winner of the Western Illinois / UT Martin opening round game.
 
2024-25 All-OVC Women's Basketball Teams and Award Winners
OVC Player of the Year: Macy McGlone, Eastern Illinois
OVC Freshman of the Year: Zoe Best, Southeast Missouri
OVC Defensive Player of the Year: Kiyley Flowers, Eastern Illinois
OVC Coach of the Year: Amy Eagan, Lindenwood
 
All-OVC FIRST TEAM
Macy McGlone, Eastern Illinois
Ellie Brueggemann, Lindenwood
Faith Lee, Little Rock
Meredith Raley, Southern Indiana
Raegan McCowan, Western Illinois
Mia Nicastro, Western Illinois
Reghan Grimes, Tennessee Tech
Anaya Brown, UT Martin
 
ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM
Brooke Coffey, Lindenwood
Jordan Holman, Little Rock
Katie Novik, Morehead State
Zoe Best, Southeast Missouri
Vanessa Shafford, Southern Indiana
Peyton Carter, Tennessee Tech
Keeley Carter, Tennessee Tech
Kenley McCarn, UT Martin

ALL-OVC NEWCOMER TEAM
Brooke Coffey, Lindenwood
Zoe Best, Southeast Missouri
Keeley Carter, Tennessee Tech
Chloe Larry, Tennessee Tech
Mia NiCastro, Western Illinois