Ally earns 2nd SEC Player of the Week honor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- LSU senior guard Allison Hightower has earned Southeastern Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors for the second time this season for her performance in Lady Tiger wins at No. 13 Xavier (Ohio) and South Carolina, the league office announced on Monday.Hightower, a native of Arlington, Texas, averaged 20.5 points with 10 steals, eight assists and four blocks in the two games. She led LSU to its first win over a ranked opponent on the road since 2008 with a game-high 18 points against the Musketeers on Dec. 30 in Cincinnati. Hightower collected a career-high six steals and added four assists in the Lady Tigers’ 56-47 win.On Sunday, Hightower scored 23 points to lead LSU to a 70-58 victory in its SEC opener at South Carolina. The 23 points were a career-best in an SEC regular season game for the preseason All-American, and they were also the most by any SEC player in games played on Sunday. She tallied four assists, four blocks and four steals while playing all 40 minutes against the Gamecocks.Hightower leads LSU and ranks fifth in the SEC in scoring with a 17.1 average. For the season, she has collected 34 steals, 34 assists and nine blocks. In her last three games, Hightower has 15 steals. The 2010 SEC Preseason Player of the Year has reached double-figures in 11 straight games and sits as the 21st-leading all-time scorer in LSU history with 1,150 career points.