ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University senior guard Blayre Shultz has been named the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 19, the SAC office announced Monday.
Shultz averaged 24.5 points and 4.5 assists in two victories last week for the Pioneers, helping Tusculum move into first place in the SAC Mountain Division entering the final week of the regular season. The Morristown, Tennessee native finished with 22 points, five rebounds and five assists while playing all 40 minutes in a 79-70 come-from-behind victory over Carson-Newman on Wednesday, then scored a game-high 27 points in Saturday's 78-42 win over Newberry.
In the win over Carson-Newman, Shultz connected on four three-pointers in the game and scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to spark a comeback from a six-point deficit. Against Newberry, Shultz scored 20 points in the opening half and hit four three-pointers while coming up with three steals.
For the season, Shultz is ninth in the SAC in scoring at 15.3 points per game and eighth in assists at 3.6 per game, and is tied for ninth in three-pointers per game at 1.9. Shultz has six 20-point games this season and has scored in double figures in 11 consecutive games for the Pioneers.
Tusculum (20-6, 11-5 SAC) concludes the regular season with two road games this week, at Anderson on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and at Catawba on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Pioneers will host a SAC Championship quarterfinal game on Wednesday, March 1 against an opponent to be determined.
