Monday,
November 19, 2001
PRESBYTERIAN’S
LEOPARD NAMED SAC PLAYER OF WEEK
ROCK
HILL, SC — Presbyterian College’s Toni
Leopard, of Ninety-Six, SC, has been named the initial
2001-02 South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player
of the Week. The
6-0, senior, forward from Ninety-Six High School helped the
Blue Hose to a pair of wins and was named MVP at the AASU/Chatham
Orthopaedics Tip-Off Classic in Savannah, GA.
Leopard scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds in an opening game 65-60 win over Ferris State, then added a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds in the 88-70 win over Fayetteville State in the championship game.
For the week, Leopard
averaged 21.5 points and 9.5 rebounds.
She added three assists, a block and four steals.
The senior connected on nearly 50% of her field goal
attempts (13-28), including a pair of three pointers, and was
a perfect 15-of-15 from the line.
The SAC Player of the Week
is determined by a vote of the league’s eight sports
information directors.