Monday,
February 18, 2002
PRESBYTERIAN’S
NICOLE CHITTAM NAMED
SAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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ROCK
HILL, SC — Presbyterian College senior
Nicole
Chittam, of Lancaster, SC, has been named this
week’s South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball
Player of the Week.
Chittam, a 5-7, guard from Lancaster High School, helped the Blue Hose to a pair of wins last week to move to third in the league standings. It is her first honor this season. |
PC's Nicole Chittam |
The Blue Hose opened the
week with a 76-61 upset of ninth-ranked Mars Hill.
Chittam came off the bench to notch a then career-high
15 points, hitting on a trio of three-pointers.
Presbyterian followed up with a 77-70 win over
Lenoir-Rhyne. Chittam would surpass her career-high, scoring
16 points and grabbing seven rebounds in the
For the week, she averaged
15.5 points and 4.5 rebounds, while adding four assists and
three steals. She connected on 50% (9-of-18) of her field
goals, including 6-of-9 from three-point range.
Chittam currently ranks
seventh in the SAC in three-point percentage at 38.4% and is
10th in three-pointers made at 1.2 per contest.
For the season, she is now averaging 6.7 points and 2.2
rebounds a game. Presbyterian is currently 17-7 and entered
last week ranked ninth in the South Atlantic Region.
The SAC Player of the Week
is voted on by the league’s eight Sports Information
Directors.