COMMERCE– Texas A&M University-Commerce senior Brianna Wise has been named First Team All-Region by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. The award was announced Monday by the D2CCA.
 
Wise– a senior from Desoto– was a scoring threat night in and night out for the Lions and was a jack-of-all-trades on the defensive end. She was named First Team All-Conference, the first Lion to receive the award since 2014 and the eighth player in history to receive the award. She was also named to the LSC All-Tournament team, the first player to receive the distinction since 2009. During the LSC Tournament, Wise averaged 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists. She is the first player to be named All-Region since Britney Jordan received the award in 2009.
 
Wise played in all 30 games for the Lions, taking on the role as sixth-man for much of the season. She finished the regular season as the second leading scorer in the conference, averaging 16.4 points per game. She upped her average to 18.0 points per game in conference games, which tied for the best in the league. She was named LSC Offensive Player of the Week three times during the season, the only player in the league to do so. She had 14 games with 20 points or more and scored in double figures in 22 different games, including a career-high 30 against Eastern New Mexico, where she set a school record with 19 free throws made.
 
Wise shot 41 percent from the field, 37 percent from three and 79 percent from the free throw line. She got to the line 219 times during the season and made 172 free throws, which was the fifth most in Division II this season and the second most in a single season in program history. She was second on the team with 66 assists and 181 rebounds as well. Wise was also active on the defensive end, leading the team with 22 blocks and also nabbing 38 steals. She finished in the top 10 in the LSC in blocks and the top 20 in steals.

2017-18 D2CCA NCAA Division II Women's Basketball South Central Regional Team
First Team
Tess Bruffey, Lubbock Christian, (F, Sr., Lubbock, Texas)
Addy Clift, Oklahoma Christian (G, Jr., Kiowa, Okla.)
Marquita Daniels, Angelo State (G, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.)
Molly Rohrer, CSU-Pueblo (C, Jr., Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Brianna Wise, A&M-Commerce (F, Sr., Desoto, Texas)

Second Team
Vivian Gray, Fort Lewis (F, Fr., Argyle, Texas)
Jamie Bonnarens, Cameron (F, So., Cache, Okla.)
Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M (G, So., Amarillo, Texas)
Tayla Taylor, Arkansas-Fort Smith (F, Sr., Marlin, Texas)
*Katie Cunningham, CSU-Pueblo (G, Sr., Aurora, Colo.)
*De'Anira Moore, Angelo State (F, So., Allen, Texas)
*Mackenzie Hailey, Tarleton State (F, So., Burleson, Texas)
* Ties for the second-team were not broken.

South Central Regional Player of the Year
Tess Bruffey, Lubbock Christian