LUBBOCK, Texas
– For the second-straight week,
Texas Tech's Dominic Seals has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's
Basketball Rookie of the Week, by a media voting panel for games from Dec.
23-31.
Seals recorded career highs of
22 points and 16 rebounds for her sixth career double-double as she led Texas
Tech to a victory over SMU last week. Against the Mustangs, she also tied her
career highs of three blocks and two steals and dished out a career-high three
assists. The Dallas,
Texas, native was near perfect from
the free throw line, connecting on 8-of-9 attempts for 88.9 percent. On the
year, Seals paces the Lady Raiders in scoring with a 14.1 average and a
team-best 9.5 rebounds per outing. She is shooting 76.1 percent from the free
throw line and 52 percent from the field. The 6-2 junior forward is Tech’s top
shot blocker with 17 blocks on the season.
Texas’
Carla Cortijo picked up the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the
Week honors for games from Dec. 23-31.
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