Knight Named SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week
1/23/2013 5:01:13 PM | Women's Basketball
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Women's basketball sophomore Anna Claire Knight has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for Jan. 23, the league office announced today.
Knight drained a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded to lift the Eagles to a 61-58 win over Wofford Sunday afternoon, the second game-winning, buzzer-beating shot of her career. The Dublin, Ga., native led the Eagles with 16 points and added six rebounds and a blocked shot in GSU's only game of the week. Knight ranks second on the team in scoring at 9.3 points a game and leads the Eagles in rebounding with 5.8 an outing. The pre-sport management major holds a 3.78 grade point average.
Knight is the third Eagle to earn SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week honors, joining volleyball seniors Kate Van Dyke and Moriah Bellissimo.
The Georgia Southern women's basketball team starts a two-game road swing at UNCG Saturday. The Eagles face Elon on the road Monday, and following that contest, play seven of their final 10 contests in Hanner Fieldhouse.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its new "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
