Darrione Rogers, Quanirah Montague Earn SEC Weekly Honors
January 02, 2024 | Women's Basketball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced on Tuesday that senior guard Darrione Rogers has been named SEC Player of the Week and freshman forward/center Quanirah Montague was voted Co-Freshman of the Week.Â
It marks the third-straight week that Mississippi State has had a player selected for the conference's top weekly honor after graduate student guard Lauren Park-Lane was named SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 26 and graduate student center Jessika Carter was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 19.Â
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It stands as the first time in SEC women's basketball history that any team has had three different players selected for Player of the Week honors in three-straight weeks. It also marks the first time since 2018-2019 that Mississippi State has a selection in three-straight weeks. Â
The pair were selected for their efforts in a 99-35 home win over Mississippi Valley State last Friday, Dec. 29. The 64-point margin of victory also marked the highest under head coach Sam Purcell.Â
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Rogers recorded the first triple-double by a Mississippi State women's basketball player since Dec. 16, 2000 and only the second overall in program history with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in 34 minutes against the Devilettes. It was the first triple-double by a SEC women's basketball player since Feb. 7, 2021 and only the 40th triple-double in SEC women's basketball history. The triple-double was the second of Rogers' career. Rogers and Iowa's Caitlin Clark are the only two players nationally to record a triple-double each of the last two seasons.
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Montague added her first career double-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks in only 23 minutes. Montague surpassed previous career-highs in points, rebounds, blocks and minutes played in the latest performance and it marked her first career game with either 10-plus points or 10-plus rebounds. With the six blocks, she ties the most by a Mississippi State player this season and ties the most since Teaira McCowan recorded seven blocks on Nov. 6, 2018.
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Mississippi State opens SEC play Thursday when the Bulldogs host Vanderbilt inside Humphrey Coliseum at 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
It marks the third-straight week that Mississippi State has had a player selected for the conference's top weekly honor after graduate student guard Lauren Park-Lane was named SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 26 and graduate student center Jessika Carter was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 19.Â
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It stands as the first time in SEC women's basketball history that any team has had three different players selected for Player of the Week honors in three-straight weeks. It also marks the first time since 2018-2019 that Mississippi State has a selection in three-straight weeks. Â
The pair were selected for their efforts in a 99-35 home win over Mississippi Valley State last Friday, Dec. 29. The 64-point margin of victory also marked the highest under head coach Sam Purcell.Â
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Rogers recorded the first triple-double by a Mississippi State women's basketball player since Dec. 16, 2000 and only the second overall in program history with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in 34 minutes against the Devilettes. It was the first triple-double by a SEC women's basketball player since Feb. 7, 2021 and only the 40th triple-double in SEC women's basketball history. The triple-double was the second of Rogers' career. Rogers and Iowa's Caitlin Clark are the only two players nationally to record a triple-double each of the last two seasons.
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Montague added her first career double-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks in only 23 minutes. Montague surpassed previous career-highs in points, rebounds, blocks and minutes played in the latest performance and it marked her first career game with either 10-plus points or 10-plus rebounds. With the six blocks, she ties the most by a Mississippi State player this season and ties the most since Teaira McCowan recorded seven blocks on Nov. 6, 2018.
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Mississippi State opens SEC play Thursday when the Bulldogs host Vanderbilt inside Humphrey Coliseum at 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
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