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.
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