Portia Adams of Lamar wins Southland Women's Basketball Player of the Week
FRISCO, Texas – Lamar's Portia Adams averaged over 20 points per game last week, leading the Cardinals to a pair of wins over HCU and picking up Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors, as announced Monday by the conference office.
Player of the Week: Portia Adams, Lamar - So. - Guard - Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill HS)
Adams averaged 21.0 points per game in two wins over Houston Christian on 57.1 percent from the field. She posted a career-high 32 points on 11-of-18 shooting in Thursday's 71-63 win, which included 24 points in the first half. In the second game, she had 10 points (5-of-10 shooting) and two steals.
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) |
| Feb. 20 |
Portia Adams, Lamar |
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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