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Lamar's Denley named Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week

FRISCO, Texas — Lamar's Jacei Denley has earned Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week award, the conference office announced Monday.  

Women's Basketball Player of the Week: Jacei Denley, Lamar – So. – G – Beaumont, Texas (West Brook High School) 
Denley netted a career-high 20 points to help the Lamar Cardinals earn a 69-44 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley to open the Southland Conference season. Denley converted 8-of-12 from the field (66.7%), including a pair of threes, and also finished with three steals and two assists. The sophomore went off in the second half by tallying 15 points. 

2024-25 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Date Player of the Week
Nov. 11 Paige Allen, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nov. 18 Tanita Swift, Nicholls
Nov. 25         Tanita Swift, Nicholls
Dec. 2         Nora Francois, New Orleans
Dec. 9     Jorja Elliott, UIW
Dec. 16     Jacei Denley, 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.