NEW ORLEANS – James Madison’s Ashanti Barnes earned Sun Belt women’s basketball player of the week after averaging 19.5 points and 9.0 rebounds over the last week.

Player of the Week
Ashanti Barnes, James Madison
[Sr. | F | Norfolk, Va.]
 
Barnes had a outstanding week for the Dukes, averaging 19.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game to help lead James Madison to a 19-4 record with a perfect 11-0 mark in Sun Belt Conference play. Barnes started the week with a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds while dishing out a career-high six assists in a 77-60 win at Georgia Southern on Wednesday. On Saturday, the senior registered 24 points shooting .647 from the field and grabbing five rebounds in the teams 85-62 win at Old Dominion.
 
Barnes performance marked her third 20-plus point effort of the season and the third in Sun Belt Conference play. The senior is currently sixth in the league in rebounding at 8.0 rpg against conference opponents.

Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 - Crislyn Rose, Arkansas State 
Week 2 - Crystal Henderson, Georgia State 
Week 3 - Aislynn Hayes, Marshall
Week 4 - Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Week 5 - Ro Scott, James Madison
Week 6 - Shaulana Wagner, Troy
Week 7 – Leah Johnson, Georgia Southern
Week 8 – Trinity Rowe, Southern Miss
Week 9 – Zay Dyer, Troy
Week 10 – Zay Dyer, Troy
Week 11 – Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Week 12 – Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Week 13  - Ashanti Barnes, James Madison