LAUREN AVANT OF RHODES COLLEGE, a sophomore guard from Memphis, Tenn., has been named SCAC Basketball Player-of-the-Week for games played Monday, January 30 through Sunday, February 5.

Avant matched her career high with 21 points in the Lynx 69-52 win over Birmingham Southern to push their winning streak to a season high eight games as the Lynx went 2-0 for the weekend. Since Avant has entered the Lynx lineup, Rhodes is 9-1 in the 10 games she has played. In the Lynx 73-47 win over Oglethorpe, Avant had 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and had three steals in 14 minutes of action.

For the weekend Avant averaged 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and three steals per game off the bench, playing in a total of 39 minutes for the weekend.