GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) - Louisville senior guard Dana Evans has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Syracuse center Kamilla Cardoso is the ACC Freshman of the Week for the third consecutive week.
ACC women’s basketball weekly awards are voted on by the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel.
Evans averaged 26.3 points, 3.7 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game over a three-game week for the third-ranked Cardinals to become the first to garner ACC Player of the Week honors twice this season. The senior guard led all players with 29 points, tying her career high, in a 74-60 loss against No. 4 NC State on Monday.
The Wooden Award Late Season Watch List selection scored a game-high 23 points with five assists and four rebounds in a 97-68 win at Boston College on Thursday. Evans closed out the week with 27 points against Notre Dame on Sunday, leading the Cardinals to a 71-65 victory. She scored the final five points versus the Fighting Irish, highlighted by a deep three with 56.7 seconds remaining, to close the door on a late 7-0 Irish run.
Hailing from Gary, Indiana, the reigning and Preseason ACC Player of the Year leads the conference in scoring with 20.6 points per game. Additionally, Evans has tallied 14 20-point games this year, double the total of the next-closest player.
She finished the week with 79 points over three games, including 12 3-point field goals and was 13-for-14 from the free-throw line. Evans saw her streak of 43 consecutive made free throws end on Sunday.
Cardoso becomes the first player since Duke’s Elizabeth Williams in 2012 to garner three consecutive ACC Freshman of the Week honors. She averaged 18.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks over three games for Syracuse last week.
The freshman center started the week with an 18-point performance at Georgia Tech on 9-for-12 shooting. In Thursday’s 85-78 win against Wake Forest, Cardoso scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to notch her fourth double-double of the season.
On Sunday, the Montes Claros, Brazil native tied the game high with 22 points to go along with eight rebounds. For the week, Cardoso shot 57.9% from the floor with 25 rebounds and seven blocks.
The three-time freshman of the week selection leads the ACC in field goal percentage (60.4) and offensive rebounds per game (3.67). Additionally, she is the only ACC basketball player (male or female) to average more than three blocks per game (3.13).
ACC women’s basketball action returns Thursday night with five games on the slate, as Clemson at NC State opens the schedule with a 4 p.m. tipoff on RSN.
2020-21 ACC Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 - Taylor Soule, Jr., F, Boston College
Dec. 7 - Kayla Jones, Sr., F, NC State
Dec. 14 - Lotta-Maj Lahtinen, Jr., G, Georgia Tech
Dec. 21 - Janelle Bailey, Sr., C, North Carolina
Jan. 4 - Jada Boyd, So., F, NC State
Jan. 11 - Ivana Raca, Sr., F, Wake Forest
Jan. 18 - Elizabeth Kitley, So., C, Virginia Tech; Gina Conti, Sr., G, Wake Forest
Jan. 24 - Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville
Feb. 1 - Aisha Sheppard, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Feb. 8 - Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville
2020-21 ACC Freshman of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 - Hailey Van Lith, G, Louisville
Dec. 7 - Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame
Dec. 14 - Loyal McQueen, G, Georgia Tech
Dec. 21 - Gabby Elliott, G, Clemson
Jan. 4 - Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame
Jan. 11 - Hailey Van Lith, G, Louisville
Jan. 18 - Priscilla Williams, G, Syracuse
Jan. 25 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse
Feb. 1 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse
Feb. 8 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse