DENVER –
Nevada senior guard Tahnee Robinson has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 14-20. This is the third WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and of her career for Robinson.
A Ft. Washakie, Wyo. native, Robinson averaged 27 points on 51 percent shooting and seven rebounds in a pair of road wins last week. In a 69-63 win at Idaho, Robinson led all scorers with 27 points on 9-of-16 (.563) shooting. She also finished with six rebounds, two assists and one block. In a 74-57 win at Boise State, she tallied 27 points and eight rebounds. It was the 18th and 19th times this season that Robinson led all scorers and the sixth and seventh straight games in which she has scored 20 or more points. Nevada now has 19 wins for only the third time in school history and the first time since 1998.
Other nominees included: Jaleesa Ross of Fresno State had 18 points and five rebounds in a win at Boise State ... Hawai’i’s Kamilah Jackson averaged 11.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as the Rainbow Wahine went 1-1 on the week … Adrienne Johnson of Louisiana Tech averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals as the Lady Techsters remained unbeaten in WAC play … New Mexico State’s Madison Spence posted her first career double-double and averaged 12.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game ... Sayja Sumler of San Jose State averaged 17.0 points and 3.5 rebounds on the week … Utah State’s Devyn Christensen led the Aggies with 15 points, five assists and five steals in a road win at Idaho.