Rori Harmon named AP National Player of the Week

[Jeff Howe]

From UT Athletics:

AUSTIN, Texas – Following a week in which she broke the Texas career assist record and led the Longhorns to back-to-back wins over No. 3 UCLA and No. 2 South Carolina, Rori Harmon has been named the AP National Player of the Week. Harmon also earned SEC Player of the Week honors the conference announced today.

Harmon broke the Texas career assist record, previously held by Kamie Ethridge for 40 years. Harmon tallied her 777th career assist late in the Longhorns game against South Carolina to break the record. Later in the game Harmon made the game-winning shot with 0.7 seconds left to lift Texas to the win over South Carolina and the Players Era Championship in Las Vegas.

The night before, Harmon scored 26 points to lead Texas to a win over No. 3 UCLA in the first game of the Players Era Championship.

Harmon leads the SEC and ranks third nationally in assists to turnover ratio with 50 assists and 12 turnovers through eight games this season.

Harmon also moved into the top-five in Texas women’s basketball history in career steals with 301.

Harmon is the only player in Texas women’s basketball history that has reached 1,300 points and 700 assists.

The Longhorns are back in action on Thursday, Dec. 4, as they host North Carolina in the ACC/SEC Challenge at Moody Center. Tip time is 6:00 p.m. CT.