@MizzouWBB’s Cunningham Named SEC Player of the Week
2/13/2018 11:36:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Cunningham averaged 23.5 points leading the Tigers to two wins
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women's Basketball junior Sophie Cunningham was named SEC Player of the Week, as announced by the league office Tuesday. The weekly honor is the first for Mizzou this season. It marks the third time Cunningham has earned Player of the Week recognition in her career. She has nine total career SEC weekly honors after earning Freshman of the Week six times in her first campaign at Mizzou.
Cunningham averaged 23.5 points in two wins over Kentucky and Arkansas last week. She exploded for 29 points against Kentucky, her most in an SEC game this season. She shot 80 percent from the field and drained five triples (also an SEC-high). Cunningham now has 11 20-point games this season, including six during league play and five in the last eight games.
She has 31 career 20-point performances. Cunningham has also scored 25+ in a game six times during the current campaign. She added five assists vs. Kentucky, her most since dishing seven vs. South Carolina on Jan. 7.
Cunningham followed with 18 points in 30 minutes at Arkansas, making 4-of-5 attempts from beyond the arc. She shot 9-of-12 from long range last week and now leads the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 47.4 percent. She also ranks second in the league in free throw percentage, making 84.7 percent of her attempts at the line, after hitting 10-of-12 free throws last week. Cunningham is the only player in the nation shooting at least 84 percent from the free throw line, 47 percent from 3-point range and 55 percent from the field.
Cunningham and the Tigers face Auburn on the road on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT. That game will air on SEC Network Plus.
