January 28, 2020 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 South Carolina 7-0 1.000 3-0 4-0 12-1 .923 5-1 5-0 2-0 W9 Phone: (205) 458-3000 Texas A&M 5-1 .833 2-0 3-1 14-1 .933 7-0 6-1 0-0 W1 Tennessee 4-1 .800 2-1 2-0 10-3 .769 7-2 3-1 0-0 W1 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC January 28 (Thursday) Alabama 5-2 .714 2-2 3-0 12-2 .857 6-2 6-0 0-0 W1 Connecticut at Arkansas ESPN2 4 p.m. CT Georgia 5-2 .714 3-1 2-1 13-2 .867 9-1 5-1 0-0 W1 *Texas A&M at Auburn SEC Net 7:30 p.m. CT Kentucky 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 11-4 .733 8-1 3-3 0-0 L1 *Missouri at Florida SECN+ 6 p.m. CT *LSU at Georgia SECN+ 7 p.m. ET LSU 4-3 .571 2-2 2-1 6-7 .462 3-3 2-1 1-3 L1 *Alabama at Kentucky SEC Net 6:30 p.m. ET Mississippi State 3-3 .500 1-2 2-1 8-4 .667 6-2 2-2 0-0 L2 *So. Carolina at Mississippi St. ESPN 6 p.m. CT Arkansas 2-5 .286 2-1 0-4 11-6 .647 7-1 3-4 1-1 L2 *Ole Miss at Tennessee SECN+ 7 p.m. ET Florida 2-5 .286 1-2 1-3 9-6 .600 7-2 2-4 0-0 W2 January 31 (Sunday) Missouri 1-4 .200 0-3 1-1 5-5 .500 4-3 1-2 0-0 L2 *Auburn at Arkansas SECN+ 2 p.m. CT Ole Miss 1-5 .167 1-3 0-2 7-5 .583 6-3 1-2 0-0 L4 *Missouri at Kentucky SEC Net 1 p.m. ET *Ole Miss at LSU SECN+ 1 p.m. CT Auburn 0-6 .000 0-2 0-3 5-9 .357 5-4 0-5 0-0 L7 *Alabama at South Carolina SEC Net 3 p.m. ET Vanderbilt 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 4-4 .500 3-2 1-2 0-0 L3 *Florida at Tennessee ESPNU 2 p.m. ET *Georgia at Texas A&M SEC Net 4 p.m. CT Player of the Week: South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston season-best eight assists. Both of those numbers were one *SEC Game. Games and times subject to change. posted her second career triple-double against Georgia, shy of her career high in each category. marking several program firsts – first Gamecock with mul- • In the Gators’ lone action for the week, Kiki Smith tiple career triple-doubles, first triple-double against an poured in a game-high 25 points, scoring 20 or more LAST WEEK IN THE SEC SEC opponent, first triple-double against a ranked oppo- points for the third-straight game. January 21 (Thursday) nent. In league history, it was just the seventh triple-double • Rennia Davis turned in her sixth double-double of the *Georgia at South Carolina SEC Net SC 62-50 in SEC regular-season play and just the second to include season and tied for the fifth-most in a career by a UT *Kentucky at Auburn SEC Net UK 76-71 blocks. Six of her 10 blocks against Georgia came in the player with 35 in four seasons. Connecticut at Tennessee ESPN L 61-67 third quarter as the Gamecocks pulled away. Extended her • Gabby Connally moved into ninth place on Georgia’s streak of double-digit rebound games to seven with her career 3-point field goals made list with 161 in her four January 24 (Sunday) double-double at LSU. Turned in her fourth 20-point SEC years. *Auburn at Alabama ESPNU UA 67-55 game, including three of the last five, after having just two *South Carolina at LSU SEC Net SC 69-65 20-point games all of her freshman season. Scored seven Watch Lists: *Florida at Ole Miss SEC Net UF 78-68 points and grabbed four rebounds in the fourth quarter • Nancy Lieberman Award: Destiny Slocum, Arkansas; *Texas A&M at Missouri SEC Net AM 70-66 when the Gamecocks turned a two-point deficit in to four- Myah Taylor, Mississippi State. *Kentucky at Tennessee ESPN2 UT 70-53 point victory. • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award: Chelsea Dungee, Arkan- sas; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; Destiny Pitts, Texas A&M. January 25 (Monday) Freshman of the Week: Marta Suárez, one of only • Cheryl Miller Award: Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; Rickea *Arkansas at Georgia SEC Net UG 75-73 three Lady Vols to start every game this season, continues Jackson, Mississippi State; Brea Beal, South Carolina Ren- to be a consistent contributor and glue player for Tennes- nia Davis, Tennessee; Kayla Wells, Texas A&M. *SEC Game. see this season. Her steady play last week enabled Ten- • Katrina McClain Award: Jasmine Walker, Alabama; nessee to improve to 10-3 overall and 4-1 in the SEC Unique Thompson, Auburn; Jessika Carter, Mississippi to remain third in the league standings and climb to No. State; N’dea Jones, Texas A&M. 20 in the AP poll. She finished the week averaging 8.0 • Lisa Leslie Award: Shakira Austin, Ole Miss; Aliyah Bos- points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 63.6 percent ton, South Carolina. from the field. She scored in double figures for the second • Naismith Defensive Player of the Year: Chasity Pat- time this season, tossing in 10 points and pulling down terson, Kentucky; Aliyah Boston, South Carolina; N’dea six rebounds in a narrow loss to No. 3/5 UConn. She hit Jones, Texas A&M. four of seven attempts from the field, including a couple • Naismith Trophy: Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas; Destiny of big threes that helped the Lady Vols battle through 17 Slocum, Arkansas; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; Rickea Jack- lead changes and 12 ties vs. the Huskies in a game that son, Mississippi State; Jessika Carter, Mississippi State; Ali- wasn’t decided until the final 25 seconds. In the runaway yah Boston, South Carolina; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; win over No. 12/12 Kentucky, Suárez tallied six points on Rennia Davis, Tennessee; N’dea Jones, Texas A&M. three-of-four shooting while grabbing four boards in UT’s • Wade Watch List: Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas; Destiny 56 to 25 dominant advantage on the glass. Defensively, Slocum, Arkansas; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; Rickea Jack- Suárez was part of a UT effort that severely limited the son, Mississippi State; Jessika Carter, Mississippi State; Ali- output of last week’s opponents. UConn and Kentucky yah Boston, South Carolina; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; entered averaging 89.0 and 77.7 points per game, re- Rennia Davis, Tennessee; N’dea Jones, Texas A&M. spectively, and she played a role in Tennessee’s team effort • Wooden Award (Mideseason): Unique Thompson, Au- that held the Huskies to 22 points below their average and burn; Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas; Destiny Slocum, Arkan- the Cats to 22.7 below theirs. sas; Rhyne Howard, Kentucky; Rickea Jackson, Mississippi State; Aliyah Boston, South Carolina; Zia Cooke, South Notes: Carolina; Rennia Davis, Tennessee; N’dea Jones, Texas • The Vanderbilt team announced their decision to not A&M. continue play for the 2020-21 season. • Alabama’s Jordan Lewis played all 40 minutes, re- cording a season-high eight rebounds to go along with a 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball • 2020-21 Women’s Basketball SEC BASKETBALL MEDIA SERVICES SEC Release SEC Basketball Media Contacts The conference basketball release will be available each day of play begin- Alabama – Jessica Paré www.rolltide.com ning via the league’s websites. SEC standings and results will be updated each Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-3523 weekday, while conference statistics will be updated as often as needed based Twitter: @AlabamaWBB on the schedule of play. Information is also available via the school’s Media Arkansas – Mario Bravante www.arkansasrazorbacks.com Contacts. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @RazorbackWBB; @CoachNeighbors Weekly Awards Auburn – Wes Todd www.auburntigers.com Email: [email protected] The SEC will name a Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week in wom- Twitter: @AuburnWBB en’s basketball each Tuesday of the season. Selections will be announced in the Florida – Sam Stolte www.floridagators.com weekly release, the SEC website and on social media platforms. Nominations Email: [email protected] Office: (352) 375-4683 x6133 for the award are made each week by the women’s basketball media relations Twitter: @GatorsWBK; @camnew contacts and are selected by a vote of the SEC Communications staff. Georgia – Tray Littlefield www.georgiadogs.com Email: [email protected] Office: (706) 542-9342 Internet Twitter: @UGA_WBB General SEC basketball information can be accessed on the Web at www. Kentucky – Evan Crane www.ukathletics.com secsports.com. The basketball section is updated with new material daily on Email: [email protected] Office: (859) 257-8431 the page, with standings, statistics, game previews, notes and other important Twitter: @KentuckyWBB; @CoachLZ information. The SEC basketball release can also be printed off of the secsports. LSU – Judy Willson www.lsusports.net com website in an Adobe Acrobat file.