Women's Basketball

ACC Women’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week Announced

Louisville’s Asia Durr and Syracuse’s Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi honored

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Louisville senior guard Asia Durr has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Syracuse redshirt freshman forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi is this week’s ACC Rookie of the Week, as announced Monday afternoon by the conference office and voted upon by the Blue Ribbon Panel. 
 
Durr averaged 20.0 points, 4.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds, while shooting 51 percent from the floor, in home wins over Miami (Ohio) (95-73), Nebraska (85-68) and Tennessee State (107-52). She opened with 16 points, on just 13 shots, while adding three assists and three steals against Miami (Ohio). She then had 25 points on 8-of-17 shooting – 4-of-9 from 3-point range – while adding a career-high eight assists versus  Nebraska in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. On Sunday against Tennessee State, she finished with 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals. During the week, she eclipsed both 1,900 career points – moving into fourth place all-time in program history –  and 300 career 3-pointers, ranking second all-time among Louisville players. This is her second ACC Player of the Week honor, eighth of her career.

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Djaldi-Tabdi averaged 12.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for the Orange. She began the week with 10 points and a career high five blocks a loss at No. 20 Minnesota (72-68) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and poured in 15 points and seven rebounds in a win over Towson (98-55). For the week, she shot .524 percent from the floor on 11-of-21 shooting and averaged 21.5 minutes off the bench. This is Djaldi-Tabdi’s second ACC Rookie of the Week honor of the season.
 
 
Week 1 – Nov. 12
Player of the Week: Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Rookie of the Week: Valencia Myers, Fr., F, Florida State
 
Week 2 – Nov. 19
Player of the Week: Arike Ogunbowale, Sr. G, Notre Dame
Co-Rookie of the Week: Elizabeth Dixon, Fr., F, Georgia Tech and Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, R-Fr., F, Syracuse
 
Week 3 – Nov. 26
Player of the Week: Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse
Rookie of the Week: Marnelle Garraud, Fr., G, Boston College
 
Week 4 – Dec. 3
Player: Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Rookie: Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, R-Fr., F, Syracuse