There is just about one month remaining in the DII women’s basketball season. Top 25 teams are piling up wins, and standout players are stuffing the box scores full of stats. Let’s begin February with a look at some of those players who are doing it the best.
Welcome to the February DII women’s basketball all-stats starting five. This dream team is put together based purely on statistical leaders in DII women’s basketball. Some of these players may be overall leaders in a single category, while others are sometimes top five in several categories showing how strong an overall performer they are.
Most importantly, this isn’t necessarily the “best” players in DII women’s basketball, but a snapshot of the moment. Here’s a position-by-position look at the players filling the stat sheets on a consistent basis every night.
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The January DII women’s basketball all-stats team
(All stats through Jan. 31 per NCAA.org; all positions confirmed through official school rosters)
Guard: Destiny Garrett, Georgia Southwestern
Garrett makes her all-stats team debut, tying last month’s point guard — Maryville’s Gracie Stugart — for the DII women’s basketball lead in assists with 7.6 per game. The two-time 2024-25 national player of the week gets the nod this month because she is also scoring 18.9 points per game, which is double the career high she set last year. The 5-foot-4 senior also chips in 2.2 steals and 6.9 rebounds per game, both of which are top 5 marks in the Peach Belt Conference, and is tied with a DII-best two triple-doubles. Garrett closed January with some impressive program accolades, setting the program assist record and the all-time, single-season high game with 34 points.
Guard: Reese Schaff, Central Missouri
Schaff makes her 2024-25 all-stats debut, not so much based on where she ranks overall statistically, but because of her past month. If this is the January all-stats team, then one of the best players over that month needs to be recognized. The 5-foot-11 swing guard played eight January games and double-doubled in six of them, giving her 11 on the season and the most that any guard has in DII. She averaged just about 20 points and 11.3 rebounds per game during the month and is shooting over 61 percent from the floor over that span. After transferring in from Drury, it seems like Schaff is now comfortable.
Also considered: Emilia Long, Alaska Anchorage; Emma Miller, Minnesota Crookston; Gracie Stugart, Maryville (MO); Nala Williams, Cal State Dominguez Hills; Sophia Wisotzki, Simon Fraser.
Forward: Emilee Weakley, Frostburg State
Another month passes, and Weakley still leads the division in scoring. That’s six straight months she’s been on top of the DII women’s basketball points per game category, currently averaging 27.7 per game. She is also shooting career-bests from the floor and behind the 3-point line, so expect more points to come. This past week, she set the Frostburg State all-time scoring record… halfway through her third year. Expect to see Weakley right back here next month.
Forward: Alisha Little, CSU Pueblo
Little is another all-stats team regular, returning once again after a strong January. She is the second-leading scorer in DII with 25.0 points per game, she is tied for first in double-doubles with 15, ranks seventh in rebounding with 11.6 per game and is second in blocks per game with 3.8. For January, she played eight games and scored at least 28 points in six of them and double-doubled in all but one. We are looking at a true player-of-the-year candidate and she is seemingly getting better. Any questions?
Also considered: Zarria Carter, Midwestern State; Emily Chmiel, East Stroudsburg; Madeline Evans, Lock Haven; Grace Foster, Lubbock Christian; Lisa Kiefer, Westmont; Michelle Kozicki, West Chester; Olivia Reed, Colorado Mesa; Jada Warren, Georgia College
Center: Karenna Gerber, Pittsburg State
This was the closest battle on the all-stats team as all three players are deserving of the spot. Gerber keeps her stronghold on the center position because her numbers are among the most categories. She leads all centers in double-doubles with 11 and trails just Yiibari Nwidadah in field-goal percentage among centers with a cool 60.1 percent. She has the third-most points (16.1 per game) and rebounds (9.0 per game) among centers as well. She has been the model of consistency at an inconsistent position, not just this season, but for the past three, having averaged at least 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in every season during that span.
Also considered: Ni’Kiah Chesterfield, Tusculum; Yiibari Nwidadah, Washburn
