Brittany Autry of Belmont Abbey and Courtney Smith of UNC Pembroke Named Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Brittany Autry of Belmont Abbey and Courtney Smith of UNC Pembroke have earned the weekly honors in Conference Carolinas women’s basketball for the week ending Jan. 16.
Autry was selected as the Player of the Week, while Smith earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A senior center from Mineral Springs, North Carolina, Autry averaged a double-double with 18.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game in leading the Crusaders to a 3-0 week. She began the week on Jan. 17 with 14 points, nine rebounds and a block in a win over Erskine. Two days later, her 19 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks, one steal and one assist led Belmont Abbey past Lees-McRae. She finished the week with her best game as she scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a win over King. Autry finished the week 25-35 from the field (71 percent) and 6-of-9 (67 percent) from the charity stripe. This is her second consecutive Player of the Week honor.
Smith, a sophomore guard from Jonesboro, Georgia, started all three games in a 2-1 week for the Braves and averged 10.7 points. 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals and assists per game. Her best game on the week game in a win over Converse on Jan. 21 as she scored 18 points, grabbed eight rebounds (seven defensive), tallied five steals and dished out eight assists with one block. She collected three more steals, three defensive rebounds and three assists in a win over North Greenville on Jan. 22.
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2021-22 Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Nov. 15, 2021)
Player of the Week: Jazmin Allen, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Keyanna Spivey, Belmont Abbey
Week 2 (Nov. 22, 2021)
Player of the Week: Shanika Peterkin, Barton
Defensive Player of the Week: Jami Tham, Barton
Week 3 (Nov. 29, 2021)
Player of the Week: Jami Tham, Barton
Defensive Player of the Week: Shanika Peterkin, Barton
Week 4 (Dec. 6, 2021)
Player of the Week: Trinity Lee, King
Defensive Player of the Week: Shanika Peterkin, Barton
Week 5 (Dec. 13, 2021)
Player of the Week: Jazmin Allen, Emmanuel
Defensive Player of the Week: Tolisha Walker, North Greenville
Week 6 (Dec. 20, 2021)
Player of the Week: Destiny Robinson, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Jada Richards, Francis Marion
Week 7 (Jan. 3, 2022)
Player of the Week: Ivanda Hudjakova, Mount Olive
Defensive Player of the Week: Shanika Peterkin, Barton
Week 8 (Jan. 10, 2022)
Player of the Week: Demetria Bland, Chowan
Defensive Player of the Week: Shanika Peterkin, Barton
Week 9 (Jan. 17, 2022)
Player of the Week: Brittany Autry, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Week: Destiny Johnson, Lees-McRae
Week 10 (Jan. 24, 2022)
Player of the Week: Brittany Autry, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Week: Courtney Smith, UNC Pembroke