NEW ORLEANS – James Madison’s Ashanti Barnes had back-to-back double-double performances over the last week, earning Sun Belt women's basketball player of the week. 
 
Player of the Week
Ashanti Barnes, James Madison
[Gr. | F | Norfolk, Va.]

Barnes averaged 24.0 points and 15.0 rebounds per game in the final week of the regular season, leading James Madison to its ninth consecutive win.

The graduate student started the week with a 19-point, 14-rebound performance against Old Dominion, adding on three assists, three steals, and a block in the 77-55 victory. The forward then had a dominant performance versus Coastal Carolina, posting a career best 29 points, 16 rebounds, five assists, and three steals.
 
Barnes is one of seven Division I players this season to record 29 points and 16 rebounds this season, and the only one to do so with five assists.

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
Week 10 – Kishyah Anderson, Georgia Southern
Week 11 – En’Dya Buford, Old Dominion
Week 12 – Kyra Anderson, Texas State
Week 13 – Kishyah Anderson, Georgia Southern
Week 14 - Timaya Lewis-Eutsey, Marshall
Week 15 – Kishyah Anderson, Georgia Southern
Week 16 – Zay Dyer, Troy
Week 17 – Ashanti Barnes, James Madison