Jan. 9, 2006

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Senior guard LaToya Bond was named Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week by a media voting panel for games played from Jan. 3-8. It is the first conference weekly award for Bond, who became the first Mizzou player to win the award since current Mizzou Coordinator of Basketball Operations Tracy Franklin in 2001.

Bond went over the 20-point mark in each of Mizzou's wins last week while directing the Tigers to a 2-0 conference start for the first time since 1992-93. She started the week with a team-high 21 points as MU upset Baylor and ended the Lady Bears' 30-game winning streak. She played all 40 minutes, shooting 7-of-15 from the field while adding three assists, two blocks, two steals and four rebounds.

The Urbana, Ill., native added a game-high 20 points, going 7-of-8 from the field, making her only 3-point attempt, and also hitting all five of her free throws, in just 27 minutes on Saturday. The victory snapped a nine-game losing streak against Kansas State and improved Mizzou's winning streak to 11 games (fifth-best in the nation). Last Saturday's game was her sixth 20-point scoring effort of the year.