St. LOUIS – Missouri State junior forward Jasmine Franklin was honored as the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week Monday for the second time this season and fourth in her career.

Franklin averaged 17 points and 12.3 rebounds in Missouri State's three wins, shooting 54 percent overall and 79 percent at the foul line with six steals and two blocks.

The junior collected career-high 17 rebounds in Sunday's game against Loyola, the most at MSU since 2009 and tying for the No. 7 single-game total in school history. She added three steals and 12 points for her eighth double-double of the season, all in MVC play.

Saturday against the Ramblers, the Fayetteville, Ark., native scored a career-high 25 points on 11-for-13 shooting to go with 11 boards and two steals. Wednesday at Southern Illinois, Franklin totaled 14 points, nine boards, two blocks and a steal to help MSU clinch in second consecutive MVC regular season title.

The Lady Bears (18-2, 14-0 MVC) are one of nine teams nationally with at least 11 top-100 wins according to the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), while only the Lady Bears, Stanford, Texas A&M and NC State have at least six such road wins. Missouri State has played the sixth-toughest schedule in Division I according to WarrenNolan.com.

Missouri State is one of three Division I teams with at least nine road victories without a loss and is ranked 23rd by the Associated Press and 19th in the Coaches Poll.

The Lady Bears close out the regular season March 5 and 6 at Evansville.