Feb. 13, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Western Kentucky senior All-America forward ShaRae Mansfield (Louisville, Ky./Manual HS) has been selected the Wilson Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday. It is the sixth time in her career that Mansfield has earned the SBC's top weekly honor, tying her with Old Dominion's Kelly Lyons for the second-most Player-of-the-Week awards in conference history.
Mansfield averaged 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last week as Western split Sun Belt games with New Orleans and No. 8 Louisiana Tech. She scored a game-high 31 points in the win over UNO, going over the 30-point mark for the third time this season. She also became the first Lady Topper in 20 years, and second in school history, to record three 30-point games in a single season. Four days later against Louisiana Tech, Mansfield notched her 11th double-double of the year, finishing with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. For the week, she was 18-of-34 from the field, shooting a superb 52.9 percent, and she extended her double-digit scoring streak to 79 consecutive games.
Mansfield is the second Lady Topper to win Player-of-the-Week honors this season -- junior guard Natalie Powers (Owensboro, Ky./Apollo HS) was tapped for the award back on Dec. 11.
Western Kentucky (15-9, 7-5 Sun Belt) returns to action Thursday at 6 p.m. (CST) when it kicks off a two-game conference road trip at Florida International.
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