Jackson - Sophomore forward Jessica Dunlap continues to play stellar basketball for the Millsaps women's basketball team as she posted big numbers this past weekend. Despite the Majors' losses to Rhodes and Hendrix, Dunlap was brilliant as she led the Majors in scoring and rebounding in both contests.
Friday night against Rhodes, Dunlap pumped in 24 points and pulled down seven rebounds in the Majors 67-76 loss to Rhodes. Then on Sunday, the sophomore drained a season-high 25 points and hauled in 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double outing of the season as the Majors fell to Hendrix 55-68.
Of the 35 times Dunlap shot the basketball this weekend, she made 30 of her attempts. Dunlap hit an amazing 19 of 23 field goal attempts (82.6%) and 11 of 12 charity tosses (91.7%) in averaging 24.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest.
For the season, Dunlap is the only player in the league that is ranked in the top four in five different categories. She is averaging 16.8 points (second in the SCAC) and 7.8 rebounds (fourth in the SCAC) per game for the Majors. Dunlap is shooting 60.7% from the field (102-168) and 81.2% from the free-throw line (65-80) - both good for third in the league - and is also third in the SCAC in blocked shots (1.38 per game).