BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — University of Tennessee women’s basketball senior Jaime Nared has been named the SEC Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Nared, who picked up her second nod this season from the conference, also was named the College Sports Madness National and SEC Player of the Week on Monday.
Posting the best back-to-back games of her career, Nared helped #11/13 Tennessee defeat #14/12 Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. The 6-foot-2 standout from Portland, Ore., averaged 26.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists as the Lady Vols improved to 19-4 overall and 7-3 in SEC play.
Against A&M, she helped UT avenge a loss earlier this season in College Station, connecting on eight of 15 shots from the field for 23 points on 53 percent shooting. She added six free throws on eight attempts and contributed six rebounds and four assists to the victorious cause.
Against Vanderbilt on Sunday, Nared matched her career high with 30 points against the Commodores, all of them vital as the Lady Vols held off the home team. Nared hit seven of 14 field goal attempts and 15 of 17 tries from the charity stripe vs. VU, including 10-of-10 accuracy in the final five minutes. That total of 15 tied for fourth most all-time in school history. Nared now is 132 of 158 from the free throw line this season, leading the SEC in that category.
In addition to notching her ninth 20+ point effort of the season and 18th of her career, Nared pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the year and 18th of her career.
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