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AP women’s basketball player of the week is No. 3 Texas’ Madison Booker

By The Associated Press

The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 18 of the season:

Madison Booker, Texas

The junior wing led No. 3 Texas to its first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship. In the title game win over South Carolina, Booker had 18 points, going 8 of 15 from the field. She added four rebounds and two assists. She averaged 19.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in the tournament.

Runner-up

Jordan Harrison, No. 12 West Virginia. She led the Mountaineers to the Big 12 Tournament championship, earning Most Outstanding Player honors. Harrison had 21 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals in title game win over TCU. Harrison averaged 15.3 points, 3.3 steals and 3.3 assists in the tournament while hitting all 14 of her foul shots.

Honorable mention

Hannah Hidalgo, No. 22 Notre Dame; Tania Mair, No. 8 Duke; Kiki Rice, No. 2 UCLA; Sarah Strong, No. 1 UConn.

Keep an eye on

Fairfield junior guard Jillian Huerter averaged 12.7 points, 3.7 3-pointers and 2.3 rebounds to help the Stags win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the third consecutive year. She was named MVP of the tournament.

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Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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