SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Southern Conference today named Elon sophomore forward Kitara McMoore (Virginia Beach, Va.) as the Baden SoCon Women's Basketball Player of the Week for games played between December 20-January 2. It is the second time this year that McMoore has been named the league's Player of the Week, as she won the inaugural honor on November 29.

In Elon's two wins over UNC Pembroke and Western Carolina last week, McMoore acquired two double-doubles to extend her league-leading mark to four. In the Phoenix's win over UNCP, McMoore commandeered 18 points and 10 rebounds, while also tying a career-high in assists with six against the Braves.

McMoore matriculated the best individual game of the year in the league in the Phoenix's first conference win of the campaign against Western Carolina, posting career-highs in points (31), rebounds (16), field goals made (12), free throws made (7) and minutes (35).

For the week, McMoore averaged 24.5 points and 13.0 rebounds while adding nine assists.

Those numbers against the Catamounts left McMoore atop the league leaderboard in points per game (15.2) and rebounds (9.0).

Others considered for the Player of the Week award included Appalachian State's Eboni Kirby (21 points and 15 rebounds in win over Nicholls State), Chattanooga's Laura Hall (15.5 ppg in wins over Austin Peay and UNC Greensboro), Davidson's Brynn Kelly (Hyatt Regency Invitational Most Valuable Player honors in Wildcats' tournament victory), Furman's Tommi Parris ( 10.8 ppg for Paladins in week that saw Furman go 2-2), Georgia Southern's Nicole Newton (13.8 ppg and 9 rpg in 2-3 week for Eagles), UNC Greensboro's Kristen Boone (11 ppg , 7.5 apg and 3 spg in two losses last week), Western Carolina's Lauren Powell ( 18.5 ppg in two SoCon games last week) and Wofford's Nakia Mister (14.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg in two losses).

-- ELON --