Texas A&M guard Chennedy Carter earned USBWA National Freshman of the Week honors Tuesday, marking the first time she has earned the national award. She averaged 22.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists over two games for the Aggies.
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Carter, who received SEC Freshman of the Week honors Monday, nearly posted a triple double at Arkansas Thursday, recording 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in just 29 minutes, leading the Aggies to their largest scoring output in a conference game since 1983, and A&M's largest SEC win since 2013 with a 104-60 victory.
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Sunday, she scored 23 points and had four steals in the 82-63 win over No. 11 Missouri, helping the Aggies to their biggest win over a ranked SEC team in school history. She has now scored 20+ points in four straight games, and 13 times in 16 SEC games.
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The Mansfield, Texas native shot 53.1% (17-of-32) from the field, went 5-of-6 on 3-pointers, and made all five of her free throws over the course of the week. She had 10 assists and four steals to just three turnovers over the two games.
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Earlier today, Carter was named SEC Freshman of the Year and earned First Team All-SEC honors.
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Carter and the No. 15 Aggies begin the SEC Tournament Thursday, March 1 at approximately 2 p.m. against Vanderbilt or Arkansas, inside Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
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Carter, who received SEC Freshman of the Week honors Monday, nearly posted a triple double at Arkansas Thursday, recording 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in just 29 minutes, leading the Aggies to their largest scoring output in a conference game since 1983, and A&M's largest SEC win since 2013 with a 104-60 victory.
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Sunday, she scored 23 points and had four steals in the 82-63 win over No. 11 Missouri, helping the Aggies to their biggest win over a ranked SEC team in school history. She has now scored 20+ points in four straight games, and 13 times in 16 SEC games.
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The Mansfield, Texas native shot 53.1% (17-of-32) from the field, went 5-of-6 on 3-pointers, and made all five of her free throws over the course of the week. She had 10 assists and four steals to just three turnovers over the two games.
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Earlier today, Carter was named SEC Freshman of the Year and earned First Team All-SEC honors.
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Carter and the No. 15 Aggies begin the SEC Tournament Thursday, March 1 at approximately 2 p.m. against Vanderbilt or Arkansas, inside Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.