SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga’s Abbey Cornelius has been named the Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week presented by GEICO for games played Jan. 19-25 after averaging 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds and shooting 65.2 percent in a pair of conference contests. The award is selected by the league office.

Cornelius, a junior, began the week with a team-high 18 points and a game-high 15 rebounds in a 71-60 loss to Samford, who remained undefeated in SoCon play with the win. The native of Knoxville, Tennessee, shot 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from the floor and made all four of her free-throw attempts. Two days later, the center scored a team-high 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds, finishing 8-of-10 from the floor to shoot an impressive 80 percent. She added a game-high six assists, a pair of blocks and a pair of steals as the Mocs defeated Samford 70-57 and handed the Bulldogs their first loss in league play.

Cornelius leads the league in field-goal percentage (56.7 percent) and blocks (28).

After back-to-back home games, Chattanooga (8-6, 3-2 SoCon) hits the road to take on Mercer (10-4, 4-1 SoCon), one of three teams atop the league standings, on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30.

Also nominated: Jasmine Sanders (ETSU), Shannon Titus (Mercer), Khalis Cain (UNCG), Andrea Cournoyer (Samford) and Lauren LaPlant (Western Carolina).

2020-21 SoCon Women’s Basketball Players of the Week presented by GEICO
Dec. 1 – Shauntai Battle, Sr., G/F, Samford
Dec. 8 – Tate Walters, Fr., G, Furman
Dec. 15 – Jaron Dougherty, Jr., F, Mercer
Dec. 22 – Eboni Williams, Jr., F, Chattanooga
Jan. 5 – Eboni Williams, Jr., F, Chattanooga
Jan. 12 – Annie Ramil, Jr., F, Samford
Jan. 19 – Amoria Neal-Tysor, Jr., G, Mercer
Jan. 26 – Abbey Cornelius, Jr., C, Chattanooga

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