SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman’s Tierra Hodges has been named the Southern Conference women’s basketball player of the week presented by GEICO for games played Feb. 25-29. The award is selected by the league office and is the final one of the 2019-20 campaign.
 
The redshirt junior scored 14 points and pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds in Furman’s lone game of the week, a 62-56 home win over upstate rival Wofford in the regular-season finale on Saturday. The double-double was her team-leading 14^th of the season. The native of Covington, Georgia, made a career-high eight free throws in the contest and went 4-4 from the charity stripe in the final 3:50 as Furman closed out the game on a 13-7 run. Her first two free throws of the span broke a 49-49 tie and her final two extended Furman’s lead to six with seven seconds left, securing the win and helping Furman to the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Ingles Southern Conference Championship presented by General Shale. 
 
Furman, which went 18-11 overall and 8-6 in SoCon play this season, will again square off with No. 5 Wofford (15-14, 8-6) in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 5, in the second game of the day, beginning at approximately 1:15 p.m.
 
Also nominated: Shannon Titus (Mercer), Nadine Soliman (UNCG), Natalie Armstrong (Samford), Bria Dial (Chattanooga) and Jewel Smalls (Western Carolina).  
 
SoCon Women’s Basketball Players of the Week presented by GEICO
Nov. 12 – Erica Haynes-Overton, Jr., G, ETSU
Nov. 19 – Jewel Smalls, So., G, Western Carolina
Nov. 26 – Nadine Soliman, Sr., G, UNCG
Dec. 3 – Jewel Smalls, So., G, Western Carolina
Dec. 10 – Tierra Hodges, R-Jr., G/F, Furman
Dec. 17 – Nadine Soliman, Sr., G, UNCG
Dec. 24 – Le’Jzae Davidson, Sr., G, Furman
Jan. 7 – Jaron Dougherty, So., F, Mercer
Jan. 14 – Tierra Hodges, R-Jr., G/F, Furman
Jan. 21 – Natalie Armstrong, Jr., C, Samford
Jan. 28 – Jaron Dougherty, So., F, Mercer
Feb. 4 – Eboni Williams, So., F, Chattanooga
Feb. 11 – Jaron Dougherty, So., F, Mercer
Feb. 18 – Nadine Soliman, Sr., G, UNCG
Feb. 25 – Sarah Myers, Sr., G, Samford
March 2 – Tierra Hodges, R-Jr., G/F, Furman