SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Davidson’s Laura Murray has been named the Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Samford’s Kassidy Blevins was selected as the CRONS Freshman of the Week for the week of Feb. 4, the league office announced Tuesday.
Murray earns Player of the Week honors for a league-best third time this season for her performance over the weekend. The senior guard posted a game-high 26 points against Chattanooga on Saturday on a career-high 10-of-20 shooting from the field. Murray followed with a 25-point performance in Davidson’s 76-58 win over Samford on Monday. She hit four of her five 3-point attempts on her way to her 21st double-figure scoring game of the year.
Blevins becomes the third different Samford freshman to receive the CRONS Freshman of the Week award this season. She led the Bulldogs to a pair of wins over the weekend, scoring a career-high 21 points and pulling down six rebounds against Georgia Southern on Saturday and posting 13 points against Davidson on Monday. Blevins averaged 17 points and four rebounds in two contests, hitting 8-of-17 3-point attempts to shoot 47.1 percent for the weekend.
Also nominated for Player of the Week were Elon’s Zora Stephenson, Georgia Southern’s Anna Claire Knight, Chattanooga’s Taylor Hall, Samford’s Kassidy Blevins and Western Carolina’s Lindsay Simpson.
Also nominated for CRONS Freshman of the Week were Elon’s Lauren Brown and Chattanooga’s Chelsey Shumpert.
2013-14 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Nov. 12: Taylor Hall, Chattanooga
Nov. 19: Taylor Hall, Chattanooga
Nov. 26: Janae’ Stevenson, UNCG
Dec. 3: Laura Murray, Davidson
Dec. 10: Laura Murray, Davidson
Dec. 17: Ashlen Dewart, Chattanooga
Dec. 31: Brittany Hodges, Furman
Jan. 7: Anna Claire Knight, Georgia Southern
Jan. 14: Dakota Dukes, Davidson
Jan. 21: Maryah Sydnor, Appalachian State
Jan. 28: Logan Morris, Wofford
Feb. 4: Laura Murray, Davidson
2013-14 CRONS Freshman of the Week
Nov. 12: Ellen Riggins, Samford
Nov. 19: Jennifer Rhodes, Elon
Nov. 26: Lauren Brown, Elon
Dec. 3: Ellen Riggins, Samford
Dec. 10: Lenaira Ruffin, Elon
Dec. 17: Whitney Bunn, Furman
Dec. 31: Jennifer Rhodes, Elon
Jan. 7: Hannah Nichols, Samford
Jan. 14: Whitney Bunn, Furman
Jan.21: Hannah Nichols, Samford
Jan. 28: Ellen Riggins, Samford
Feb. 4: Kassidy Blevins, Samford