DENVER Louisiana Techs Amisha Carter has been named the Western Athletic Conference womens basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 16-22. This is the second WAC Player of the Week honor for the senior this season. The Lady Techsters have been awarded four times this year.
Carter, a forward from Oakland, Calif., scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to an 89-79 road win over SMU on Sat. 21 in the Lady Techsters only action of the week. Carter hit 10-of-20 field goals and 13-of-16 free throws in 39 minutes of action, while adding a career-high three assists and three blocks.
Carter scored 24 of her 33 points in the second half helping Louisiana Tech come back from a halftime deficit, handing SMU its first home conference loss of the season. The 33-point outburst is the WAC's best of the season and the most points scored by a Lady Techster in a single game since Alisa Burras scored 35 against New Orleans on Jan. 30, 1997.
Also nominated: Janevia Taylor, Hawaii; Lauren Neaves, Rice; Cricket Williams, San Jose State and Jillian Robbins, Tulsa.