TURNER NAMED RRAC P.O.W.

February 19, 2008

FORT WORTH, TX:  Texas Wesleyan Univeristy’s Brittany Turner has been named Red River Athletic Conference women’s basketball Player of the Week for the period of February 11-17.  Turner shared the honor with Langston University’s Jamie Skinner.

Turner, a junior center from Dallas, TX, matched her career highs in scoring and rebounding in the same game as the Lady Rams defeated Southwestern Assemblies of God University (TX), 81-71.  She connected on 6-of-10 field goal attempts and 10-of-14 from the free throw line in the game, finishing with 22 points and 16 rebounds.

Skinner, a senior forward from Miami, FL, recorded a pair of double-doubles last week for the RRAC’s top team. In an 89-65 win over Houston Baptist University (Texas), she accounted for 26 points and 13 rebounds, and she followed with 18 points and 14 boards to knock off JCC, 93-60, on Saturday.  The Lady Lions remained unbeaten in the RRAC at 12-0 with a 23-1 mark overall.

Texas Wesleyan stands at 16-9 overall and 8-5 in conference play.  They will return to the court on Saturday, when they host Dallas Christian College.  That game is scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start in the Sid Richardson Center.