Lauryn Taylor of Francis Marion and Destiny Robinson of Chowan Repeat as 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. 20.
Taylor was selected as the Player of the Week, while Robinson earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades. This is the second straight week Taylor and Robinson have earned the honors.
A 5-foot-11 junior, Taylor averaged 17.5 points and eight rebounds while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 64 percent from the charity stripe. The Blythewood, South Carolina native recorded a double-double with a game-high 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds with two steals and an assist in a 73-64 win over Newberry on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The Patriots’ center followed that performance with 16 points, also a game-high, and six rebounds with two steals, one block and one assist in a 67-63 loss at Fayetteville State on Saturday, Nov. 19.
Robinson, a native of Hampton, Virginia, averaged nine points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game this week. The 5-foot-10 forward opened the week with eight points and 13 rebounds, three blocks and two steals in a 57-34 home win over Virginia State on Wednesday. On Saturday, the graduate student posted a double-double with 10 points and 23 rebounds to go with four blocks and a steal in a 63-60 victory over Elizabeth City State.
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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
Week 2 (Nov. 21, 2022)
Player of the Week: Lauryn Taylor, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Destiny Robinson, Chowan