Alexis Brown Named Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week
12/18/2018 4:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The league's leading scorer averaged 21 points per game in a pair of Eagle wins last week
STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern junior guard Alexis Brown has been named the Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, announced today by league officials.
Brown averaged 21.0 points per game in a pair of Georgia Southern victories last week. She delivered 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, including a pair of three-pointers, in the Eagles' 69-68 win at Presbyterian on Wednesday. The Madison, Ga., native then followed it up with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists in a 68-46 win over Coastal Georgia on Friday. Brown currently leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring (19.7 ppg) and has reached double digit scoring in 12 straight games, dating back to last season.
She is just the second Georgia Southern women's basketball player to earn Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors, joining Angel McGowan, who was the league's weekly award winner on December 8, 2015.
Brown was also named the College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week, as honored by the website CollegeSportsMadness.com.
Brown and the Eagles are in action Tuesday afternoon, hosting Winthrop at 5 p.m. in its final home contest of the 2018 calendar year.
Brown averaged 21.0 points per game in a pair of Georgia Southern victories last week. She delivered 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, including a pair of three-pointers, in the Eagles' 69-68 win at Presbyterian on Wednesday. The Madison, Ga., native then followed it up with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists in a 68-46 win over Coastal Georgia on Friday. Brown currently leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring (19.7 ppg) and has reached double digit scoring in 12 straight games, dating back to last season.
She is just the second Georgia Southern women's basketball player to earn Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors, joining Angel McGowan, who was the league's weekly award winner on December 8, 2015.
Brown was also named the College Sports Madness Sun Belt Player of the Week, as honored by the website CollegeSportsMadness.com.
Brown and the Eagles are in action Tuesday afternoon, hosting Winthrop at 5 p.m. in its final home contest of the 2018 calendar year.
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