December 31, 2017 SEC COMMUNICATIONS Conference Overall Tammy Wilson (Women’s Basketball Contact) W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Strk [email protected] @SEC_Tammy www.SECsports.com Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 14-0 1.000 8-0 1-0 5-0 W14 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-0 1.000 7-0 2-0 3-0 W12 Georgia 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 8-1 4-0 0-0 W5 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Missouri 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 12-1 .923 7-0 2-0 3-1 W12 27 (Wednesday) South Carolina 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-1 .917 6-0 3-0 2-1 W5 Delaware State at Florida (SECN+) W 85-51 Texas A&M 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 11-3 .786 8-2 2-0 1-1 W1 Sam Houston State at LSU (SECN+) W 71-58 Alabama 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 8-0 2-1 0-2 W6 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 8-0 1-2 1-1 W1 28 (Thursday) Auburn 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 6-0 2-1 1-2 W6 Florida A&M at Alabama W 91-55 LSU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-3 .727 4-0 3-2 1-1 W6 Grambling at Arkansas W 79-62 Arkansas 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-4 .692 7-0 1-4 1-0 W1 Xavier (La.) at Auburn (SECN+) W 70-44 Florida 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-5 .615 5-4 2-0 1-1 W2 North Florida at Georgia W 75-37 Kentucky 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-6 .571 6-2 2-4 0-0 L5 Kentucky at Middle Tennessee L 57-62 Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-10 .286 2-5 2-3 0-2 W1 Texas Southern at Ole Miss (SECN+) W 73-58 Miss. Valley St. at Mississippi State (SECN+) W 112-36 SMU at Texas A&M (SECN+) W 79-57 • Player of the Week: Mississippi State’s • Freshman of the Week: Tennessee point Lipscomb at Vanderbilt W 92-82 Victoria Vivians continued the best start to a guard Evina Westbrook was instrumental in season of her career as she averaged 24.0 No. 7 Tennessee’s 83-71 win over No. 18/24 31 (Sunday) points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.0 steals Stanford on Thursday night, firing in a career- *Missouri at Alabama (SECN+) 2:00 p.m. CT as Mississippi State defeated host UNLV and high 17 points and adding four rebounds, a *Ole Miss at Arkansas (SECN+) 2:00 p.m. CT No. 22 Syracuse to win the Duel in the Desert block and a steal. Thanks to the strong perfor- *Florida at Auburn (ESPN2) 3:00 p.m. CT *Mississippi State at Georgia (SEC Network) 6:00 p.m. ET Rebel Division and run its record to an impres- mance from the 6-foot standout from Salem, *Tennessee at Kentucky (SEC Network) 12:00 p.m. ET sive 13-0. She also became the third MSU Ore., which was well above her season scor- *Vanderbilt at LSU (SEC Network) 3:00 p.m. CT player to score 2,000-career points during the ing average, the Lady Vols improved to 12-0 *Texas A&M at South Carolina (SEC Network) 2:00 p.m. ET title-clinching win against unbeaten Syracuse. for the first time since the 2005-06 season and Vivians shot 56.7% from the field, 36.4% from for only the fifth time in school history. UT also *SEC Game. 3-point range and 83.3% from the free-throw ended a five-game losing skid at Maples Pa- line to earn Rebel Division MVP accolades. vilion, winning at that venue for the first time She opened the week with a 22-point show- since Dec. 4, 2005. Westbrook was efficient, ing against the host Lady Rebels, sparking the connecting on 6 of 9 shots from the field and Bulldogs with 15 first-quarter points as MSU going 5 of 6 from the charity stripe to finish as scored a season-high 36 points in the opening UT’s second-leading scorer. Three of her four period. Her performance helped State tie the free throws came during the final 2:11, help- Cox Pavilion scoring record with 103 points. ing UT hold on for the win.Among SEC fresh- Vivians also got her teammates involved with men, Carter ranks first in scoring and steals, 4 assists, and on the defensive end she added while ranking second in assists. Auburn’s 3 steals to go with 6 rebounds. In Thursday’s Unique Thompson is second in scoring and title game, a battle of unbeatens against No. blocked shots and first in rebounds. Ole Miss’ 22 Syracuse, Vivians scored 11 first-half points Promise Taylor is first in blocked shots, while to help MSU jump out to a 44-29 halftime Tennessee’s Evina Westbrook is first in assists. lead. Those 11 first-half points also made her • In NCAA stats, USC’s A’ja Wilson (5th), Ala- just the third player in school history to reach bama’s Ashley Knight (6th), the Rebels Promise 2,000-career points, joining LaToya Thomas Taylor (6th) and UGA’s Caliya Robinson (9th) and Tan White. She helped the Dawgs hold on are all in the top ten in blocks. In rebounds, for the win, netting 8 points in the third quarter Anriel Howard, Texas A&M is second and on 4-of-6 shooting and 7 points in the final MSU’s Teaira McCowan is ranked fourth. In 10 minutes. Vivians also finished a rebound team national stats top ten, the Gamecocks shy of a double-double in the Syracuse contest are fifth in blocked shots, while the Lady Vols and also added a trio of steals. Vivians was are second in rebounds. Auburn is fifth in also named USBWA Player of the Week for her steals. efforts. 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball • 2017-18 Women’s Basketball SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES SEC Release SEC Basketball Media Contacts The conference basketball release will be available each Monday beginning Alabama – Jessica Pare www.rolltide.com in early November via the league’s websites. Any media representative wishing Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-6084 to receive information via e-mail should register on www.secsportsmedia.com. Twitter: @AlabamaWBB SEC standings and results will be updated each weekday, while conference Arkansas – Jeri Thorpe www.arkansasrazorbacks.com statistics will be updated as often as needed based on the schedule of play. 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