Suwanee, Ga. - Shante Morton, a junior forward from Eupora, Miss., has been named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Basketball Player-of- the-Week for games played Monday, November 21 through Sunday, November 27.

Morton claimed two double-doubles this past week against Rust College and Huntingdon College. Against Rust last Monday, Morton went for 12 points and 17 rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting. She came back the following Sunday against the Hawks and went for a game high 23 points and 10 rebounds to improve Millsaps to 3-1. For the week, Morton shot 12-for-19 (63%) from the field and 3-of-5 from behind the arc (60%) as well as 8-for-10 (80%) from the free throw line. Morton also added two steals and a block to her weekend. The most important coming from the week was the two win the Majors notched. 

Millsaps opens up conference play on Friday as they take on the Centre Colonels in The Hangar Dome at 6 p.m.