Milwaukee City Wire

On Sunday, the Horizon League announced its final weekly honors for the 2023-24 season. Milwaukee's Kamy Peppler was named Horizon League Player of the Week following her performance in the team's win over Green Bay on Saturday.

Peppler led the Panthers by tying her career high with 25 points in a 65-61 victory over the Phoenix. The sophomore shot 8-for-15 from the field, including three three-pointers. She also went 6-for-6 from the free throw line, making four crucial free throws in the last minutes of the game.

In addition to scoring, she contributed two rebounds, two steals, an assist, and a block in the game against Green Bay.

Throughout the regular season, Peppler played 999 minutes with an average of 32.2 minutes per game. She started all but one of Milwaukee's 31 games this season. She led her team with 63 three-point field goals made, 152 assists, and 44 steals. She ranked second on her team in overall field goals made with 313 and was third with 48 free throws made and seven blocks.

Over her career spanning 61 games, she has scored a total of 548 points at an average of nine per game. Additionally, she has recorded 252 career assists averaging more than four per contest. Her shooting stats include making 186 field goals (36.5 percent), with half being three-pointers (31 percent). She also has accumulated 178 rebounds and secured 72 steals.

This recognition marks Peppler's first Horizon League Player of the Week award after receiving Freshman of the Week honors twice during her rookie year on January 9 and February 20.

She is now among three Panthers who have received Horizon League honors this season. Kendall Nead was named Player of the Week on December 18 while Jorey Buwalda earned Freshman of the Week titles three times on November 27, January 8, and January 15.

Milwaukee concluded their regular season with a record of sixteen wins and fifteen losses overall and a ten-win ten-loss record within Horizon League games. The Panthers will enter as fifth seed in the upcoming Barbasol Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship where they will face fourth-seeded Wright State on Thursday at Nutter Center.