Monday, February 4, 2008

TUSCULUM’S JASMINE GUNN NAMED SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College’s Jasmine Gunn has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, league officials announced today. This marks the third time Gunn has earned this honor this season.

Gunn, a freshman from Nashville, Tenn., averaged 19 points per game in two South Atlantic Conference victories for the Pioneers last week. The Pioneers (17-3, 7-1 SAC) are tied for first place in the league and are off to its best record through 20 games in over a decade.

Gunn shot 50 percent from the floor and averaged 6.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game during the week.

In Tusculum’s 95-65 win over Mars Hill, Gunn led the charge with a career-high 31 points, shooting 11-for-19 from the floor and 8-of-9 at the free throw line.  The Antioch High School graduate added six rebounds, seven assists and four steals in the victory.

In TC’s 69-67 South Atlantic Conference win over Lenoir-Rhyne, Gunn tallied seven markers and a game-high six assists before fouling out of the game with six minutes left.

Gunn is averaging 12.4 points per game, including 15 ppg in SAC contests.  She is also second in the league, averaging 6.1 assists per game and is shooting 84.6 percent from the free throw line in her last five games (22-for-26).

The South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week is selected by a vote of the league’s sports information directors.

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