NASHVILLE, Tenn. --- For the second consecutive week, Tusculum University center Maddie Sutton has been selected as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Women's Basketball Player of the Week.

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 during the week ending Feb. 21, which boosted Tusculum into first place in the league standings heading into the final week of the regular season.

In a 71-62 come-from-behind 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 hit 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.

The Pioneers (15-2, 15-2 SAC) can secure their first SAC regular-season championship since 2011 with a victory at UVA Wise in their final game of the regular season on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.