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 Dec. 28 through Jan. 3 after scoring 15 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in a 61-51 loss at Jacksonville State (9-3) on Dec. 30. The award, Cornelius’s second of the season, is selected by the league office.
The double-double was the fourth of the season for the junior center. Cornelius, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, played 38 minutes and went 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, adding an assist and a block in the Mocs’ nonconference finale.
Chattanooga (2-13) plays at Samford on Thursday, Jan. 6, in the conference opener for both squads before the Mocs play at SoCon preseason-favorite Mercer on Saturday, Jan. 8.
Also nominated: Andrea Cournoyer (Samford), Zanoria Cruz (Western Carolina) and Annabelle Schultz (Wofford).
2021-22 SoCon Women’s Basketball Players of the Week presented by GEICO
Nov. 16 – Jaron Dougherty, Sr., F, Mercer
Nov. 23 – Tierra Hodges, 5th, G/F, Furman
Nov. 30 – Tate Walters, So., G, Furman
Dec. 7 – Abbey Cornelius, Jr., C, Chattanooga
Dec. 14 – Jackie Carman, Sr., G, Wofford
Dec. 21 – Jaron Dougherty, Sr., F, Mercer
Dec. 28 – Sussy Ngulefac, Fr., C, Samford
Jan. 4 – Abbey Cornelius, Jr., C, Chattanooga
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