SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU guard Tianna Tarter has been named the Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for games played Dec. 6-12, the conference announced Tuesday.

Tarter garners her third consecutive SoCon Player of the Week honor after averaging 28.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, while shooting 33-for-66 (.500) from the field last week against Campbell, Vanderbilt and Tennessee Tech. In the Bucs’ 56-55 win at Campbell on Tuesday, Tarter banked-in a game-winning layup with two seconds remaining in regulation to give ETSU a thrilling victory over the Fighting Camels. Two days later, the Johnson City, Tenn., native grasped a career-high 35 points while shooting 15-for-28 (.536) from the field in addition to six steals in a 80-72 loss against intrastate foe Vanderbilt. Tarter’s 35 points against the Commodores is the most by a SoCon player this season. The 5’6” junior guard notched her second consecutive 30-point performance in the Bucs’ 82-76 win at Tennessee Tech on Sunday as she finished with 30 points on 10-of-18 (.556) field goal attempts and 10 rebounds to claim her second double-double of the season.

Tarter currently leads the league in points per game (21.4) minutes played per game (35.5) and ranks second in steals per game (2.6).

ETSU (6-5) returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 17 for a 2 p.m. contest against Elon in Johnson City, Tenn.

Other top performers in the Southern Conference included KeKe Calloway (Mercer), Hannah Nichols (Samford) and Chloe Wanink (Wofford).

SoCon Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
Nov. 15 – Sherae Bonner, Western Carolina
Nov. 22 – Kahlia Lawrence, Mercer
Nov. 29 – Tianna Tarter, ETSU
Dec. 6 – Tianna Tarter, ETSU
Dec. 13 – Tianna Tarter, ETSU

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