ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University forward Jami Tham has been honored as the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 4, the SAC office announced Monday.

Tham averaged 21.0 points and 15.5 rebounds and shot 64.5 percent from the field as the Pioneers pushed their winning streak to five straight games with victories over Lander (77-64) and Lincoln Memorial (67-38) last week.

Tham shot 9-for-15 from the field and finished with 20 points, 13 rebounds and three steals in the victory over Lander on Wednesday, and followed up in the Pioneers' SAC opener at Lincoln Memorial on Saturday with a season-best 22 points on 11-for-16 shooting. Tham also tied her season high with 18 rebounds against LMU.

Tham, a graduate student from Arlington, Virginia, leads Division II with eight double-doubles in as many games. She leads the SAC in rebounds at 13.0 per game, ranks third in field-goal percentage at 61.4 percent and is seventh in the conference in scoring at 17.1 points per contest.

The Pioneers (7-1, 1-0 SAC) host UVA Wise on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Pioneer Arena.