COLUMBIA, Mo. – On Tuesday, the Southeastern Conference announced that University of Missouri women’s basketball junior guard Aijha Blackwell was named SEC Co-Player of the Week.
Blackwell put up impressive numbers for the Tigers against two top 15 programs in LSU and Georgia. She extended her double double streak to seven games. Against then-No. 12 LSU, Blackwell scored a then-season high of 26 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Twelve of Blackwell’s 13 double-doubles have come with 13 or more rebounds.
In her second game of the week, Blackwell put up another season-high of 27 points while grabbing 13 rebounds against No. 13 Georgia.
She currently leads the nation in rebounding at 13.1 boards per game and she is tied for the national lead in double doubles with 13. Blackwell is the only player in the nation that averages over 10 defensive rebounds per game at 10.9. Counting only Blackwell’s defensive rebounds, she would rank 17th in the nation rebounds per game.
Blackwell has received SEC Player of the Week honors twice on the season and three times in her career. Hayley Frank, Lauren Hansen and Izzy Higginbottom represent other Tigers who have earned weekly honors from the conference.
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Mizzou will travel to Nashville on Thursday to take on Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network +.
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