FRISCO, Texas – Nicholls State University forward
Deonna Brister has been named Southland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, as announced Monday by the conference office.
The weekly honor is the first of the sophomore's career and second for a Colonel this season.
Brister averaged 22.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and shot .568 for the Colonels in their two games against McNeese. She scored 22 points in the first matchup and had her third double-double with 10 rebounds. In the road game, Brister scored 22 again and collected nine rebounds as she played all 40 minutes.
A native of Lake Arthur, Louisiana, Brister has scored 20-plus in four straight games and now ranks fifth in the Southland in scoring.
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school's sports information director. Voting for one's own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.
UP NEXT
Nicholls stays on the road for its next two games, heading to Texas this week for a Thursday game at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and a Saturday matchup at UIW.
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