Terren Ward Named Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week
2/8/2021 2:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Becomes the first Georgia Southern freshman to earn a league weekly honor; third different POTW for the Eagles this season
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern freshman Terren Ward has been named the Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, announced today by league officials.
Ward set career high scoring numbers on back-to-back nights against first-place Troy as Georgia Southern earned a split with the Trojans at Hanner Fieldhouse. In Friday night's 96-91 win, Ward hit 6-of-10 shots from the floor and 5-of-6 free throws for 17 points, while adding a career-best 15 rebounds, five steals and three assists. The win over Troy was the first for Georgia Southern since 1978, snapping a streak of 17 straight losses to the Trojans.
The Jesup, Ga., native followed up that performance with another career high on Saturday, scoring 20 points to go with nine rebounds and a pair of assists in a 92-83 loss to Troy. For the week, Ward averaged 18.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.5 assists per game.
Ward is the first freshman for the Eagles to earn a conference Player of the Week honor, and she is the third Georgia Southern player to earn a Sun Belt weekly honor in 2020-21, joining A'Tyanna Gaulden (Dec. 29) and Shondell Vickers (Jan. 4). Prior to this season, only two players had earned Sun Belt weekly honors - Alexis Brown three times and Angel McGowan once. Georgia Southern has never had three different players earn conference Player of the Week honors in the same season.
Georgia Southern returns to action on Thursday, February 11, hosting Georgia State in a Sun Belt Conference contest at 6 p.m. in Hanner Fieldhouse.
