Islanders' Westbrook Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week
FRISCO, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Alecia Westbrook is the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Southland weekly honors are presented by
GEICO.
Westbrook helped the Islanders improve to 7-0 at home averaging 14 points and 11.5 rebounds in a pair of non-conference wins over HBU and UIW. The Kansas City, Mo., native recorded her 10
th consecutive game scoring in double figures, and she has pulled down at least eight rebounds in every game this 2021-22 season. The junior sits 14
th in the nation and first in the Southland with 11.2 rebounds per game.
The award marks the second weekly honor of Westbrook’s season and career. A&M-Corpus Christi will take on UIW in a non-conference match Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. in San Antonio before returning to Corpus Christi on Saturday, Jan. 15 to open conference play against the Cardinals at 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Player of the Week – Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – Jr. – Forward/Center – Kansas City, Mo.
Westbrook led the Islanders in a pair of non-conference wins over HBU and UIW last week. The junior started off the week with a double-double of 11 points and 15 rebounds against the Huskies. She followed it up with 17 points and eight rebounds, while shooting 77 percent (7-for-9) from the field. Westbrook sits among top-50 nationally in rebounds per game (14
th, 11.2), rebounds (21
st, 145), free throws made (41
st, 54) and double-doubles (43
rd, 5).
Honorable Mention: Timia Jefferson, HBU; Kyla Hamilton, McNeese
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.
| Date |
WBB Player of the Week |
| Nov. 15 |
Jordan Todd, Northwestern State |
| Nov. 22 |
Timia Jefferson, HBU |
| Nov. 29 |
Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| Dec. 6 |
Jiselle Woodson, Northwestern State |
| Dec. 13 |
Candice Parramore, Northwestern State |
| Dec. 20 |
Monette Bolden, Northwestern State |
| Dec. 27 |
Bryanna Washington, Nicholls |
| Jan. 3 |
DeArica Pryor, New Orleans |
| Jan. 10 |
Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
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