BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee’s Rennia Davis has been named the Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The SEC Player of the Week award is the first of her career for Davis, who was twice honored last season as the conference’s freshman of the week.
She posted a pair of double-doubles on her way to averaging 15.5 points and 10.5 rebounds, as UT went 2-0 last week with victories over Auburn and Missouri. Davis, who played all 40 minutes in each game, connected on 11 of 25 attempts from the field (.440), two of five from the three-point arc (.400) and six of six from the charity stripe (1.000) for the week.
The 6-foot-2 native of Jacksonville, Fla., made six of 12 field goal attempts, including two of five from long range, to tally 16 points and 11 rebounds in helping UT knock off Mizzou in Columbia on Sunday. Davis hit a pair of free throws with 52 seconds left for what turned out to be the game’s final points in a 62-60 Lady Vol victory over an MU team that beat #5/5 Mississippi State on Thursday night. She is now 25 of 26 on free throws since Jan. 13. Davis also hit a crucial three-pointer with 4:48 remaining in the contest that put Tennessee on top by one after the Big Orange trailed by four on two occasions.
The double-double was Davis’ fourth in her past five games, improving her total to eight this season and 17 for her career. She ranks No. 4 and No. 6, respectively, in those categories among active SEC players.
Against Auburn last Thursday night, Davis supplied 15 points and 10 rebounds during UT’s triumph in what was classified by SEC observers as a must-win game for the Lady Vols. She finished five of 13 from the field, one of one from the arc and four of four from the charity stripe.
In the decisive third quarter, Davis scored six points and grabbed a pair of rebounds as UT blitzed Auburn 22-10 to turn a five-point halftime deficit into a 49-42 advantage en route to victory.
For the season, Davis now is averaging 14.8 ppg., 8.1 rpg., 1.4 spg. and 1.3 apg. while hitting 46 percent from the field and 88 percent from the free throw line. Her elevated play has contributed to Tennessee winning five of its past six games.
Davis and her teammates are preparing for a road trip to College Station, Texas, where UT (17-8, 6-6 SEC) will face No. 21 Texas A&M (19-6, 8-4 SEC) on Thursday at 8 p.m. CT (9 ET). The SEC Network will have the telecast, and the game also will be available on the Lady Vol Radio Network and Sirius 94, XM 190 and on SiriusXM app 961.
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