FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern's Jalencia Pierre has won this week's SLC Women's Basketball Player of the Week award, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Pierre is the first SLU player to win the award this season.
Women's Player of the Week: Jalencia Pierre, Southeastern – So. – Springfield, La. (Amite High School)
Pierre helped the defending SLC Champions go 2-0 last week and improve to 4-0 in conference play this season. She scored 13 points in a big win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, before tying her career high with 21 points in an overtime victory at McNeese. Pierre sent the game into overtime with a clutch three-pointer from downtown with less than a minute to play, and also contributed four steals and five assists in the victorious effort.
2023 Southland Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
| Date |
Player of the Week |
| Nov. 13 |
Sabria Dean, Lamar |
| Nov. 20 |
Aliyah Collins, UIW |
| Nov. 27 |
Sabria Dean, Lamar |
| Dec. 4 |
Mia Deck, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Dec. 11 |
Mary Delgado, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Dec. 18 |
Akasha Davis, Lamar |
| Jan. 1 |
DeArica Pryor, New Orleans |
| Jan. 8 |
Sabria Dean, Lamar |
| Jan. 15 |
Jalencia Pierre, Southeastern |
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.