Lamar's Akasha Davis picks up Southland Women's Basketball Player of the Week with pair of double-doubles
FRISCO, Texas – Lamar's Akasha Davis pushed her team to a pair of wins with double-doubles in each game last week to win Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors, as announced Monday by the conference office.
Player of the Week: Akasha Davis, Lamar - Jr. - Center - Dallas, Texas (Wylie East HS)
Davis averaged 19.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game with double-doubles in two LU wins over UIW and A&M-Corpus Christi. She scored 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds against UIW, then scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds against A&M-Corpus Christi. Davis shot 77.2% from the field (17-of-22) for the week and now has six double-doubles this season. She has scored in double figures in 15 straight games for the Cardinals.
2022-23 Southland Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
| Date |
Player of the Week |
| Nov. 14 |
Dyani Robinson, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Nov. 21 |
DeArica Pryor, New Orleans |
| Nov. 28 |
Kyla Hamilton, Nicholls |
| Dec. 5 |
Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| Dec. 12 |
Dyani Robinson, Texas A&M-Commerce (2) |
| Dec. 19 |
Nina De Leon Negron, UIW |
| Jan. 2 |
Akasha Davis, Lamar |
| Jan. 9 |
Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2) |
| Jan. 16 |
DesiRay Kernal, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Jan. 23 |
Deonna Brister, Nicholls |
| Jan. 30 |
Candice Parramore, Northwestern State |
| Feb. 6 |
N'Denasija Collins, HCU |
| Feb. 13 |
Akasha Davis, Lamar (2) |
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.
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