Allison & Boogie selected All-SEC
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- LSU senior guard Allison Hightower was a unanimous choice on the 2010 Coaches All-Southeastern Conference first team, while also earning a spot on the All-Defensive Team as the league office announced its postseason women's basketball awards on Tuesday.Sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett was voted onto the All-SEC Second Team. Hightower was one of three unanimous choices on the first team, joining Kentucky's Victoria Dunlap and Tennessee's Angie Bjorklund."It's just an honor to be named to the team that has so many great players," Hightower said. "It's an honor to be up there with the best. It shows if you keep working hard day after day, great things happen. That's the mindset I take to practice."Hightower has been the Lady Tigers most valuable player the past two seasons. She leads the team in points (18.3), 3-point field goal percentage (41.0), steals (2.1) and minutes played (32.0). The Arlington, Texas, native ranks second in the SEC in overall scoring and second in conference only scoring (19.6).Hightower is the only player in the SEC to rank in the top six in scoring (second), 3-point field goal percentage (third) and steals (sixth). She owns 10 20-plus point games this season and has been LSU's leading scorer in 11 of its 16 conference games. Hightower is the 14th all-time leading scorer in LSU history with 1,455 points heading into the 2010 SEC Tournament.Barrett has averaged 12.7 points and a team-high 6.8 rebounds per game. She ranks eighth in the conference in league only games (15.1) and seventh in rebounding (7.5). Barrett, the 2009 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, owns a team-best five double-doubles on the year.LSU, the No. 4 seed, will play the winner of No. 12 seed Arkansas and No. 5 seed Vanderbilt at 5:30 p.m. CST Friday in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in Duluth, Ga.
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