NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Wheaton College senior forward Jenna Hunter notched a double-double in her team’s season opener at the University of La Verne on Friday afternoon, then fought through foul trouble to nearly come up with another the following day in a comeback victory over Pomona-Pitzer, leading Wheaton to a 2-0 start to the 2026-27 season. On Tuesday, Hunter was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin’s first Women’s Basketball Player of the Week this year.

Playing 37 minutes in the first game of the year at La Verne, Hunter was 10-of-20 from the floor and finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds, with 14 points coming in the second half to help Wheaton pull away after going to halftime knotted at 29-29. She added two blocks and two steals in the contest as well.

The following day, Wheaton trailed Pomona-Pitzer by six heading into the fourth quarter, but Hunter had nine of her 18 points in the final 10 minutes and her three-pointer at the 5:56 mark gave the Thunder the lead for good. Though she fouled out with a minute remaining, she came up only two rebounds shy of recording another double-double to open her campaign.

Hunter and the Thunder will make their home debut on Friday night at 7 p.m., hosting the University of Olivet.

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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).