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UNO's Pryor takes home Southland Women's Basketball Player of the Week

FRISCO, Texas – UNO's DeArica Pryor has won this week's SLC Women's Basketball Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Pryor is the first Privateer to win this award in 2023-24.

Women's Player of the Week: DeArica Pryor, UNO – Gr. – Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale High School/Creighton)
Pryor and the Privateers closed non-conference play with a flourish, winning their last two games against Tarleton and Alcorn State. In those games, Pryor averaged 19 points and 5.5 rebounds. She was also highly accurate from three-point range, hitting 9-of-11 attempts for the week. Pryor ranks eighth in the SLC in scoring, averaging 12.7 points per game this season, and has played over 300 minutes across the Privateers' 10 games.

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


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.