Smith Shares MEC Player of the Week Honors

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Junior forward Abbie Smith of the Concord University women's basketball team was named Mountain East Conference Co-Player of the Week presented by The Health Plan, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
 
Glenville State's Nwando Okigbo also earned MEC Co-Player of the Week honors alongside Smith.
 
Smith averaged 24.5 points and 15 rebounds while shooting 53.3 percent from the field. She got her week started by tying her career-high in scoring, putting up 30 points and hitting the game-winning field goal in a 74-73 win over West Virginia Wesleyan Wednesday. Smith also threw in 11 rebounds, for a double-double, one block, and went 10-for-11 (90.9 percent) from the free-throw line.
 
On Sunday, the Little Hocking, Ohio native notched another double-double by scoring 19 points and grabbing 19 rebounds, one shy of her career-high. She was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line and has made 31 of her last 32 attempted free throws (96.8 percent).
 
For the season, Smith ranks third in the MEC in scoring (18.4 points per game), first in the league in rebounding (11.4), and second in field goal percentage (56.4 percent). After the 19-board performance against D&E, Smith now ranks 10^th in program history in career rebounds having snagged 663 in 75 career games played.
 
CU travels to West Liberty for a Mountain East Conference contest Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.