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Women’s Basketball Player, Kayla Wright, Selected as SSC Offensive Player of the Week
Kayla Wright earned Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors
Nova Southeastern University women’s basketball forward Kayla Wright earned Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the Sharks to three wins in four days, as announced by the league office Monday afternoon.
Wright (Lauderhill, Fla.) was a force in the post last week, beginning in Thursday’s six-point win over Shaw. That day, she fell just two points shy of the women’s all-time record for points in a game, scoring 34 on an astonishing 17-of-21 shooting line. She added five rebounds in only 23 minutes of action.
Then during the Shark Holiday Classic, beginning Saturday, Wright led the team with 17 points as NSU defeated Miles by 53. In that game, she shot 6-of-10 and a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line. She finished up the weekend with 10 points against Lane, on another efficient line of 5-of-7. All told, she was good on 73.7 percent of her shots in the three games, is over 60 percent for the season, and now averages 14.2 points per game (second on the team) in just 16.5 minutes a night.
Wright and the Sharks will be back in action again on Jan. 2 at the NSU Arena, against Embry-Riddle.