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Delanie Crawford Named The American Player of the Week
12/30/2024 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
IRVING, Texas — After putting on a brilliant performance in the Golden Hurricane's 93-84 win over East Carolina on opening day of the American Athletic Conference season, Tulsa's Delanie Crawford has been named the AAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week, announced by the league Monday. It's the second career Player of the Week award and first of the 2024-25 season for the All-American senior from Piedmont, Okla.
Against a Pirate defense that was holding opposing teams to 56.6 points per game, Crawford scored a career-high 36 points off 14-of-20 field goal shooting, including a 3-for-7 tally from 3-point range, and a perfect 5-for-5 mark from the free-throw line. She collected a team-leading seven rebounds and added four steals and two assists for a record-setting day in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
36 points is the third-highest total scored by a TU player in program history, just four points shy of the single-game record 40 by Cheryle Meppelink (vs. John Brown, 1/10/87). 36 points also marks the second-most scored in a conference game for Tulsa.
In addition, Crawford had 26 first-half points, tying Kendrian Elliott's (2016-20) Reynolds Center record for most points scored in a half. Elliott had 26 in the second half against Arkansas State in 2019.
Crawford also finished with 14 made field goals, the second-best single-game effort in Tulsa history. It ties the record for the most recorded in a conference game for the Hurricane.
The Hurricane will spend New Year's Day in Denton, Texas, where they'll face North Texas (9-4, 1-0 AAC) at 4 p.m. The game will stream on ESPN+.
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