Cassidy Barrios earns fourth SLC Player of the Week Award of season

Junior guard records another pair of 20-plus point performances in week 15

FRISCO, Texas – For the fourth time this season, Nicholls junior Cassidy Barrios is the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Southland Players of the Week are presented by UniversalCoin.com.

Barrios previously earned the award this season on Nov. 13, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12.

Nicholls (14-13, 9-7 SLC) is currently tied for sixth in the conference standings as the team prepares to close out its regular season against Northwestern State (7-20, 2-14 SLC) at home Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT and at Southeastern Louisiana (18-19, 7-9 SLC) on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Player of the Week – Cassidy Barrios, Nicholls – Jr. – Guard – Raceland, La.
Barrios continues to be the Colonels’ most valuable player, turning in another pair of 20-point games to lead Nicholls to double-digit victories in their two home games last week. In wins against rivals McNeese and New Orleans, the Raceland, La., native averaged 22.5 points on 50 percent from the field and 6-of-11 from three-point range. She added 9.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.0 blocks and 2.5 steals. Barrios started the week with her league-high 13th overall double-double against McNeese and nearly recorded another with 20 points and eight rebounds against UNO. She enters the final week of the regular season ranked third in the Southland in scoring, rebounding, free throw percentage, and three-point field goal percentage, second in steals and blocks, seventh in assists and ninth in field goal percentage.

Honorable Mention: DeA’ngela Mathis, Lamar; Brittany Mbamalu, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Randi Brown, New Orleans.

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on at least 25 percent of ballots.