Jan. 24, 2011
DENVER - Louisiana Tech senior forward Adrienne Johnson has been named the Verizon Wireless Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 18-23.
A Franklin, La. native, Johnson led LA Tech to a pair of WAC wins over Utah State (91-74) and Nevada (67-43), averaging 31.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game. She opened the week with her seventh double-double of the season when she tallied a career-high 36 points to go with 13 rebounds.
She also dished out four assists, grabbed three steals and set a program record by hitting 16-of-16 free throws. Johnson followed that up by scoring 26 points against Nevada. For the week, she hit an amazing 24-of-25 free throws (96 percent) in the two wins.
With her performances this week, Johnson now ranks ninth in the country in scoring at 22.0 points per game, which would be the fifth highest scoring average in LA Tech history.
This is the second WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Johnson and the sixth of her career, the second most ever by a LA Tech player behind only Shanavia Dowdell's eight.
Other nominees included: Boise State's Lauren Lenhardt had 14 points against Idaho ... Yinka Olorunnife of Idaho averaged 23.5 points and 9.5 as the Vandals went 1-1 on the week ... New Mexico State's Madison Spence finished with 23 points, four assists and three steals in a win over Utah State ... Sara Plavljanin of San Jose State averaged 12.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.0 steals as the Spartans picked up their first wins of the season ... Utah State's Ashlee Brown averaged 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds on the week.
