Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th
Gonzaga senior guard Taelor Karr was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
Karr helped the Zags go 2-0 last week by averaging 21 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 2.5 steals in games against San Diego and Santa Clara. She scored a career-high 27 points against San Diego, with 24 of those points coming from the three-point line.
Gonzaga's next game is Thursday at Saint Mary's.
Read the news release from the West Coast Conference:
Gonzaga University women's basketball senior Taelor Karr was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week Monday.
Karr helped the Bulldogs to a 2-0 opening week in West Coast Conference play by averaging 21.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. She hit 14-of-20 from the field (70.0 percent) and an even more impressive 11-of-13 from beyond the 3-point arc (84.6 percent).
Karr began conference play scoring a career-high and Zag season-high 27 points in the Bulldogs 77-57 win over the University of San Diego. Twenty-four of her 27 points came from behind the 3-point arc, nailing 8-of-9. Her eight 3-pointers were one shy of tying the Gonzaga single-game record of nine. Karr also tied a career-high in steals with five, a high she previously recorded as a member of the Kansas State women's basketball team, and dished out four assists and grabbed five rebounds.
She followed that performance up scoring 15 points in Gonzaga's 79-50 victory over Santa Clara University. She continued her hot shooting, sinking 5-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-4 3-pointers. She also handed out another four assists.
The week also saw her break the 1,000-point plateau in her career, now having scored 1,020.
This is Karr's first career WCC Player of the Week accolade.
Also nominated: Morgan Bailey, BYU; Alex Cowling, Loyola Marymount; Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's; Amy Kame, San Diego
