DENVER ? Louisiana Tech’s Shan Moore has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 18. This is the first WAC Player of the Week honor this season for the senior, and the second career honor for Moore.
Moore, a guard from Minden, La. (Minden) led Louisiana Tech in scoring in both of its wins over SEC opponents Mississippi State and Alabama. Moore averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds in the two wins last week. The guard also added 2.5 steals per game, while shooting 40 percent (10-of-25) from the field, 50 percent (5-of-10) from the three-point line and 77 percent from the free throw line (8-of-11).
Moore scored 22 points, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in Louisiana Tech's 60-54 road win over Mississippi State on Dec. 13. In that contest, Moore scored 17 of her points in the second half leading the Lady Techsters back from an eight-point halftime deficit. Moore score six points in the final 52 seconds as Tech closed the game on a 9-0 run, including a break away layup after her third steal of the game to give Tech a 55-54 lead with 30 seconds remaining in the game. In Saturday's 66-57 win over Alabama, Moore scored 13 points, grabbed five rebounds and had two steals.
Other nominees included: Pam Tambini of Hawai?i averaged 20.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg as Hawai?i was runner-up at the Paradise Classic ... Traci Graham of Nevada scored 23 points with five steals as the Wolf Pack stopped UC Irvine ... Cecilia Russell-Nava of New Mexico State had 15 points in the Aggies road win over Wichita State ... Jamelah Brown of Utah State recorded career-highs with five rebounds and three steals against Wyoming.