POW, POW, POW! 3rd East POW for Big Syl!
Oops, she did it again…
For the 3rd time this season, Sylvia Fowles was named the Eastern Conference “Player of the Week“…
A pair of Louisiana State University products - Sylvia Fowles of the Chicago Sky and Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx – were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 28.
Fowles led the league in rebounds (12.7 rpg) and field goal percentage (.667 on 22 for 33 shooting). The center was sixth in the Eastern Conference in scoring with 17.0 ppg while placing her in the top 10 in the league. Her 3.67 blocks per contest paced the Eastern Conference, which placed her second in the league. Fowles helped the Sky post a 2-1 record for the week.
For the season, she ranks third in the league in scoring (19.9 ppg) and second in the league in rebounding (10.3 rpg). She leads the league in double-doubles (20), blocks (2.2 bpg) and places second in minutes played (34.6 mpg).
The league leader in double-doubles, with a current streak of eight, continued to put together another solid week. In an 83-80 loss on Aug. 23, against the Atlanta Dream, in a game with playoff implication, Fowles collected 20 points on 9-12 shooting from the field, adding 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. She then tallied another double-double in a 80-67 win over the Washington Mystics with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Fowles closed out her week with a big win (74-73) over the third-place New York Liberty with 17 points, 14 rebounds and tied her week’s best with 4 blocks.
The Player of the Week award is the third of the year for Fowles and the fifth of her career.
Congrats (again!), Big Syl! Much deserved!
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Oh, and while we’re talking about Big Syl and Seimone Augustus, in case you missed it, let me link to this cool video with former LSU‘ers Augustus, Fowles and Coach Chatman on The Sports Brain blog as they talk about their time at LSU. Watch below…
~ Chicago Sky Hoops ~
