BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Texas A&M women's basketball's senior guard Courtney Walker was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on Tuesday, after averaging 22.5 points and 9.5 rebounds against then-No. 14 Duke and TCU this week. This is the fourth SEC Player of the Week honor of Walker's career, and her first since Feb. 23, 2015.
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Walker's four career SEC Player of the Week Honors surpasses former All-American Kelsey Bone for the A&M career record, who had three SEC Weekly Honors. Danielle Adams is A&M's career leader with six conference player of the week selections, but all of those came in the Big 12.
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Walker, who was espnW's National Player of the Week this week, had her second career double double at then-No. 14 Duke, helping the then-No. 12 Aggies to a 72-66 overtime win with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Walker scored nine of the 12 A&M points in the third quarter, which helped the Aggies build an 11-point lead, then later found Khaalia Hillsman with 34.6 seconds left for a wide-open layup that sent the game to overtime. Walker then scored six of eight points, including five straight in overtime, taking a 1-point A&M deficit to a nearly-insurmountable 4-point lead.
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The Edmond, Okla. native followed up that performance with 23 points and eight rebounds against TCU, nailing the game-icing layup with just over five seconds to play in the Aggies' 82-78 victory. Walker defended two-time all-conference selection Zahna Medley during that game, holding her to just six points.
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Walker had back-to-back 20+ point games, which marks the first time any A&M player has accomplished the feat since Nov. 14-15, 2014, when Walker did it against DePaul and New Mexico.
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Walker, a two-time All-American selection, is averaging 18.0 points and 5.8 rebounds this season.
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The No. 10 Aggies have started 4-0 for the seventh time in the past eight seasons. A&M takes on No. 16 Cal and No. 11 Ohio State this week, on November 27-28 at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Walker's four career SEC Player of the Week Honors surpasses former All-American Kelsey Bone for the A&M career record, who had three SEC Weekly Honors. Danielle Adams is A&M's career leader with six conference player of the week selections, but all of those came in the Big 12.
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Walker, who was espnW's National Player of the Week this week, had her second career double double at then-No. 14 Duke, helping the then-No. 12 Aggies to a 72-66 overtime win with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Walker scored nine of the 12 A&M points in the third quarter, which helped the Aggies build an 11-point lead, then later found Khaalia Hillsman with 34.6 seconds left for a wide-open layup that sent the game to overtime. Walker then scored six of eight points, including five straight in overtime, taking a 1-point A&M deficit to a nearly-insurmountable 4-point lead.
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The Edmond, Okla. native followed up that performance with 23 points and eight rebounds against TCU, nailing the game-icing layup with just over five seconds to play in the Aggies' 82-78 victory. Walker defended two-time all-conference selection Zahna Medley during that game, holding her to just six points.
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Walker had back-to-back 20+ point games, which marks the first time any A&M player has accomplished the feat since Nov. 14-15, 2014, when Walker did it against DePaul and New Mexico.
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Walker, a two-time All-American selection, is averaging 18.0 points and 5.8 rebounds this season.
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The No. 10 Aggies have started 4-0 for the seventh time in the past eight seasons. A&M takes on No. 16 Cal and No. 11 Ohio State this week, on November 27-28 at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout in Las Vegas, Nev.