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Jordan Reid and Rylee Bess
Photo by: Josh Gales
Mastodon WBB Sweeps Horizon League Weekly Awards
11/17/2025 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS - Jordan Reid and Rylee Bess of the Purdue Fort Wayne women's basketball team were selected as the Horizon League's Player and Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Monday (Nov. 17).
Reid and Bess led Purdue Fort Wayne to a 2-0 week with one of the biggest wins in program history as a part of it. The Mastodons beat Purdue 68-67 and Southern Illinois 85-60. Purdue Fort Wayne was the third team in the country to beat a member of the Big Ten this season.
Reid averaged 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 1.5 assists for the week while shooting 62.1 percent from the floor and 50 percent from 3-point range. She scored 21 points in the win over the Boilermakers and 23 over the Salukis, notching back-to-back career-highs in scoring. She went 8-for-16 in the big win over Purdue and 10-for-13 in the follow-up. This is Reid's first Horizon League Player of the Week award in her career.
While Reid did the lion's share of the scoring for the Mastodons, Bess drew the eyes with the game-winning 3-pointer against the Boilermakers. The freshman scored eight of her 13 points this week against the Big Ten foe, including the dagger triple. She was the first Mastodon freshman to hit a game-winner in the program's Division I history. Bess averaged 6.5 points per game while shooting 41.7 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range. This is Bess' first Freshman of the Week award.
Reid, Bess and the Mastodons are back on the Arnie Ball Court on Wednesday at 7 p.m. when Eastern Michigan comes to the Summit City.
Reid and Bess led Purdue Fort Wayne to a 2-0 week with one of the biggest wins in program history as a part of it. The Mastodons beat Purdue 68-67 and Southern Illinois 85-60. Purdue Fort Wayne was the third team in the country to beat a member of the Big Ten this season.
Reid averaged 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 1.5 assists for the week while shooting 62.1 percent from the floor and 50 percent from 3-point range. She scored 21 points in the win over the Boilermakers and 23 over the Salukis, notching back-to-back career-highs in scoring. She went 8-for-16 in the big win over Purdue and 10-for-13 in the follow-up. This is Reid's first Horizon League Player of the Week award in her career.
While Reid did the lion's share of the scoring for the Mastodons, Bess drew the eyes with the game-winning 3-pointer against the Boilermakers. The freshman scored eight of her 13 points this week against the Big Ten foe, including the dagger triple. She was the first Mastodon freshman to hit a game-winner in the program's Division I history. Bess averaged 6.5 points per game while shooting 41.7 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from 3-point range. This is Bess' first Freshman of the Week award.
Reid, Bess and the Mastodons are back on the Arnie Ball Court on Wednesday at 7 p.m. when Eastern Michigan comes to the Summit City.
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