A senior forward/center from Blythewood, South Carolina, Lauryn Taylor scored 16 points to go along with 20 rebounds in Francis Marion’s come-from-behind victory over Belmont Abbey.
Taylor shot 8-of-12 from the floor and recorded two assists, one block and one steal. During the game, Taylor became only the sixth player in Francis Marion women’s basketball program history to surpass 1,000 career rebounds (she enters the Atlantic Casualty Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Championship with 1,008).
Taylor has now claimed weekly honors from the conference nine times in the 2023-24 season. Taylor leads all of NCAA Division II with 15.0 rebounds per game. She is also second in Conference Carolinas in scoring with 17.9 points per game.
2023-24 Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards
Week 16 (March 4, 2024)
Player of the Week: Lauryn Taylor, Francis Marion
Defensive Player of the Week: Lillian Flantos, UNC Pembroke
Learn more about all weekly/monthly award winners in Conference Carolinas here.