(co) Alexis Popelar

  • Award
    West Division Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/11/2013
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • School
    Hardin-Simmons
  • Year
  • Position
  • Hometown
  • High School
Hardin-Simmons senior guard Alexis Popelar (Longview, Texas / Pine Tree HS) averaged 24.5 points, 10 rebounds and 3.5 assists over a pair of conference road games at Howard Payne and Sul Ross State. Popelar, who takes the division’s top weekly award for the fourth time this season, has now scored in double figures in 28 straight games. In a heart-breaking 86-85 overtime loss to division champion Howard Payne, Popelar had a double double of 26 points and 12 rebounds – both game highs. On the week she shot 47.4 percent from the field and went 11 of 13 from the free throw line. She also had one steal.