PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s first weekly women’s basketball honors, for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 10.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Enna Pehadzic * R-Jr. * G * USF
Pehadzic picked up where she left off from last season, averaging 18 points per game in USF’s 2-0 opening week including a 64-57 win over No. 15 Texas. She led the Bulls in scoring in both games, dropping 20 in the season opener, a 70-39 victory against Jacksonville, on 6-of-12 shooting from the field. All of her field goals came from beyond the arc. Against the Longhorns, Pehadzic scored 16 points including another trio of 3-pointers. USF’s defeat of Texas marked the Bulls’ first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 11, 2018.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Reagan Bradley * Fr. * G * SMU
Bradley was all over the court for the Mustangs in SMU’s 81-60 win over McNeese in last week’s season opener. In her collegiate debut, she led her squad in scoring (13 points) while dishing out eight assists, swiping five steals and snagging six rebounds in 31 minutes. Bradley went 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from the field, and SMU cruised to the win, scoring 50 of its points in the first half alone.
Weekly Honor Roll
Antoinette Miller * Sr. * G * Cincinnati
Posted back-to-back 21-points games in Cincinnati’s opening week, adding eight assists, six rebound and three steals in a win over Utah and loss to Saint Louis
Christyn Williams * So. * G * UConn
Led UConn with 24 points, shooting 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) from the field in the Huskies season-opening win against California; added seven boards, three assists and two steals
Mia Davis * Jr. * F * Temple
Recorded back-to-back double-doubles in Temple’s 2-0 opening week, with 18 points and 11 rebounds against Fairfield and 26 points and 11 boards against Duquesne; shot 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the field
Arsula Clark * Jr. * G * Tulane
Averaged 16.5 points, four rebounds, two assists and 2.5 steals in Tulane’s 2-0 week, including wins over Jackson State and Washington; led the Green Wave with 18 points at Washington and scored the game-winning bucket with half a second remaining
Kendrian Elliott * Sr. * F * Tulsa
Tied the Tulsa program record with 38 points and set the record with 16 field goals in the Golden Hurricane’s 79-77 win over Arkansas State, adding 12 rebounds; Elliott’s performance is the highest single-game point total in The American since Feb. 14, 2018