University of Tennessee Athletics
CANDACE PARKER NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
February 12, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 12, 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - University of Tennessee women's basketball player Candace Parker has been selected as the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week the conference office announced Monday. The sophomore earned the award for the fourth time this season and the fifth time in her career.
In three games last week, Parker averaged 26.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest. She shot a sizzling 62 percent from the field and went 22 of 25 from the line for an 88 percent clip. The Naperville, Ill., native earned double-doubles against Georgia and Auburn to have 13 on the season. She was one rebound shy of her 14th with nine rebounds against Kentucky on Feb. 11.
Against Auburn on Feb. 8, she eclipsed the 500-rebound plateau to join former Lady Vol four-time Kodak All-Americans Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings as the only three UT players to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 100 blocks, 150 assists and 100 steals.
Her 31 points against the Wildcats were her second most of the season and marked the third most prolific scoring game of her career. She owns four 30+ points games.
Parker was also named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV first team during the week, which makes her eligible for Academic All-America later in the season.
The Lady Vols (23-2, 10-0) are the only remaining undefeated team in the SEC. Mississippi (19-7, 8-3) visits Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday evening. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be shown live on CSS.
