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Edwards Picks up Ivy League Player of the Week Honors
January 03, 2011 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. (1/3/11) - Lauren Edwards of the Princeton women's basketball team was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the week ending January 2.
Edwards, a junior forward, was Princeton's leading scorer on the week as the Tigers went 2-0 on a road swing through North Carolina. In a 71-63 win over Wake Forest of the ACC, Edwards led all scorers with a season-high 21 points, shooting 6-for-13. She matched her career-best of four three pointers in a game while adding three rebounds, three assists, one block and one assist. In a 67-61 win over Davidson, Edwards scored 11 points and seven rebounds. She added three assists and a block and a steal. After holding a 15-point lead Davidson cut the Tiger lead to just four points. But Edwards would step up hitting a jumper that sparked a 5-0 run to regain a nine-point lead with 1:34 to play.
This is Edwards' first Player of the Week honor this season, and second time in her career.
Princeton hosts La Salle on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m., in the final non-conference game of the season.