ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University center Maddie Sutton has been named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 21, the SAC office announced Monday.
Sutton, a 6-foot graduate student from Walland, Tennessee, averaged 24.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in two victories for the Pioneers last week, which vaulted Tusculum into first place in the league standings heading into the final week of the regular season.
In a 71-62 comeback win over Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday, Sutton finished with 15 points, 16 rebounds and five assists while playing all 40 minutes. On Saturday, Sutton scored a career-high 33 points on 11-for-14 shooting from the field and a career-best 11-for-12 at the foul line, and added 11 rebounds and five assists in 38 minutes. For the week, Sutton shot 53.1 percent (17-for-32) from the field and 87.5 percent (14-for-16) from the foul line in the two wins.
Sutton continues to lead all of Division II in double-doubles with 15, including each of the last 11 games. She ranks second in Division II in rebound average with a SAC-leading 15.2 per game, and is sixth in the conference in scoring average at 15.6 points per contest. Sutton is also second in the SAC in minutes, averaging 37.6 per game.
Sutton earns SAC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, having previously received the award for the week ending Nov. 29.
The Pioneers (15-2, 15-2 SAC) can clinch their first SAC regular-season championship since 2011 with a victory at UVA Wise in their regular-season finale on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
