NEW ORLEANS – Southern Miss graduate student Jakayla Johnson recorded her fourth consecutive 20+ point game to earn Sun Belt women’s basketball player of the week.
 
Player of the Week
Jakayla Johnson, Southern Miss
[Gr. | G | Clinton, Miss.]
 
Johnson has been consistent through the beginning of Sun Belt play, leading the conference in scoring with a 24.0 per game average. The graduate student started the week with a 26-point performance against Arkansas State, going 6-11 from the floor and hitting 14 free throws. In the teams win over Troy, Johnson netted 30 points going 11-20 from the floor and 4-of-9 from three.
 
Johnson is the only player in the league to have scored over 20 points in a conference game so far this season. The guard is also tied for second most double doubles this season with four.

Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Fortuna Ngnawo, Troy
Week 2 – Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Week 3 - Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, Marshall
Week 4 – Peyton McDaniel, James Madison
Week 5 – Destiny Garrett, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Ashanti Barnes, Jame Madison
Week 7 - Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, Marshall
Week 8 – Crislyn Rose, Arkansas State
Week 9 – Jakayla Johnson, Southern Miss