SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Georgia Southern’s Jessica Geiger was named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week.  A standout on Georgia Southern women’s basketball team, Geiger has a 4.0 grade point average and is majoring in pre-marketing.

Geiger, a sophomore from Stone Mountain, Ga., averaged 11.5 points, nine rebounds and two blocks in games against Elon and UNC Greensboro. She shot 31.8 percent from the field, 50 percent from behind the arc and 100 percent from the charity stripe.  Geiger had 14 points and five rebounds against Elon and nine points and two blocks against UNC Greensboro.

Geiger is fourth on the team in scoring with 7.2 points per game and second in rebounds with 4.8 rebounds per game.