Lewis Earns Second National Player of the Week Nod
2/10/2020 7:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Kiara Lewis is the College Sports Madness National Player of the Week for the second time this season. The honor follows a week in which Lewis averaged 23.5 points per game while guiding the Orange to a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) wins, including a 59-51 upset over #5 Louisville on Sunday. She previously earned National Player of the Week recognition on Jan. 6 after the Orange defeated #8 Florida State and Notre Dame in back-to-back home games, both in overtime.Â
Lewis shot 46.2 percent from behind the three-point line over the two game stretch averaging 3.0 three-pointers per game. She added 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.5 assists to her already impressive resume last week.
Against Boston College, Lewis led all scorers in the 89-79 win with 23 points. She had eight rebounds, three assists and three steals and shot 50 percent from downtown.Â
Lewis had a game-high 24 points and four steals in Sunday's win. It was the first time Syracuse had defeated a top-5 opponent in Carrier Dome history and was the first home win over a top-5 team since 1996. It was more than just an offensive effort for Lewis against the Cardinals, she tallied four steals and a block as the Orange held Louisville to its lowest scoring performance of the season (51 points).Â
🟠Back-to-back 20-point games
— 'Cuse Hoops (@CuseWBB) February 10, 2020
🟠23.5 points per game
🟠46.2% from downtown
🟠3.5 steals per game @Kiara23_ is this week's College Sports Madness National Player of the Week. pic.twitter.com/W9K7iIvGMc
Syracuse is back in action on the road Thursday, February 13 in Chapel Hill, N.C. to face North Carolina at 7 p.m. on Regional Sports Networks (YES Network in Syracuse).Â
The Orange are back in the Carrier Dome for their annual Play4Kay/Pink Game on Sunday, Feb. 16 vs. Pittsburgh. Fans can email athmkt02@syr.edu for more information on how to be part of the ceremony. Pink t-shirts will be available to the first 100 students, and the first 500 fans in attendance will receive pink Syracuse rally towels. Tickets for the game start at $10 for adults and $5 for youth under 12.
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