Lacey Garners Big 12 Weekly Honors

AMES, Iowa ? Iowa State senior point guard was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week by a media panel voting on performances for the week of Dec. 7-13. It was the third Big 12 weekly honor of Lacey's career.

In wins over Big Ten foes Iowa and Minnesota, Lacey averaged 21 points, seven rebounds and eight assists per game. In the 85-66 win over Iowa, the 6-foot guard posted just the second triple-double in school history and the 13th in Big 12 Conference history. Lacey tallied 19 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, five steals and blocked two shots against the Hawkeyes. Her 13 assists were a career high and tied for sixth place on the ISU single-game list.

Despite missing the final eight minutes of the first half with foul trouble at Minnesota, Lacey scored 23 points and posted three assists and three rebounds. She went 9-for-9 from the charity stripe and 2-for-2 from beyond the arc in the winning effort.

“Aus (Lacey) had a great week,” ISU head coach Bill Fennelly said. “She was not just the best player in the Big 12 this week, but I don't know if there was a player in the entire country who played better. She was tough at both ends of the floor in leading us to two wins over Big Ten teams in a span of four days.”

For the week, Lacey shot 42.3 percent from the field and 40 percent from beyond the arc. She also went 16-for-16 from the free throw line in the two games combined. She has moved into 11th place on the Iowa State career scoring chart with 1,285 points.

Lacey has posted double figures in every game this season, but even more impressive are her assist numbers. The senior is averaging 8.4 assists per contest, while committing just 1.7 turnovers per game. In NCAA statistics released Monday, the Canberra, Australia, native ranked in the top three nationally in four categories. She leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.15) and ranks third in assists per game (8.4), free-throw percentage (.957) and triple-doubles (1).

She is the first Cyclone player to be named Big 12 Player of the Week this season. Anna Prins earned Big 12 Freshman-of-the-Week honors after the first week of the campaign.

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