SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Lauren Nicholson of the Saint Mary’s women’s basketball team has been named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season.
In what turns out to be the final WCC Player of the Week award for 2015-16, Nicholson closed the conference season in a big way, helping the Gaels to a pair of victories and a second-place finish.
Nicholson scored 19 points apiece in both wins over Santa Clara and San Francisco. In the process, Nicholson scored her 1,300th career point and finished the weekend at 1,323, surpassing Kate Gaze for 12th all-time in school history.