Lauryn Taylor of Francis Marion and Destiny Robinson of Chowan Named Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Lauryn Taylor of Francis Marion and Destiny Robinson of Chowan were selected as the Conference Carolinas weekly award winners for women’s basketball for the week ending Nov. 13.
Taylor was selected as the Player of the Week, while Robinson earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A 5-foot-11 junior, Taylor averaged 21.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 43 percent from the field and 56 percent from the 3-point arc to open the season for the Patriots. The Blythewood, South Carolina native scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed four rebounds with three assists, one steal and went 4-of-7 from long-range in a season-opening loss to Wingate, 75-65, on Friday, Nov. 11. The Patriots’ center followed that performance with 21 points, also a game-high, and nine rebounds with two blocks and a steal in a 68-62 loss to Coker on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Robinson, a native of Hampton, Virginia, averaged 9.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, five blocks and two steals per game this week. The 5-foot-10 forward opened the week with 11 rebounds, nine defensive, seven points, six blocks, two steals and one assist in a season-opening 68-66 win over Columbus State on Friday, Nov. 11. On Saturday, the graduate student led the team with 12 points and 12 rebounds, seven defensive, with four blocks and a pair of steals in a 65-52 loss to Georgia Southwestern.
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2022 Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 1 (Nov. 14, 2022)
Player of the Week: Lauryn Taylor, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Destiny Robinson, Chowan