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Houston's Blair, East Carolina's Joyner Repeat Women's Basketball Weekly Honors

IRVING, Texas The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly women’s basketball awards for the week ending Sunday, February 12.

Player of the Week
Laila Blair, Jr., G, Houston
Blair led Houston to a win over first-place and previously unbeaten South Florida on Sunday, scoring 30 points and dishing out four assists. She scored 22 first half points with five three-pointers, including a near half-court buzzer beater just before halftime. She ended the game with six three-pointers and became the first Houston player to score 30 points since 2018.