ATLANTA, GA- The Millsaps Majors women's basketball team placed four players on the Southern Athletic Association's All-Conference Team as voted on by the head coaches.
Velvet Johnson was named to the first team, Samantha Perez was named to the second team and forwards Kala-Jewel Freeman and Miah Brooks were named honorable mentions.
Johnson led the Majors in scoring at just over 15 points per contest, which tied for fourth in the conference. She scored a season-high 22 in the conference quarterfinal win over Oglethorpe. The junior was named the conference player of the week in December after scoring 21 points in a 70-50 win over Centenary. Her 83 percent free throw shooting tied for third in the conference and was one of four players to log over 900 minutes on the season.
Perez earned second team honors for the Majors after finishing second in the conference in total assists (152) and first in assist to turnover ratio (2.9). Perez is currently second in the nation in assists to turnovers. Her 12.1 points per game were second on the team and placed her top-10 in the conference. She set multiple career highs over the season and her 25 at Rhodes and 27 at Hendrix earned her conference player of the week and D3 Hoops team of the week honors. Her exploits were again recognized by D3 Hoops, who featured her in the "Around the Region" weekly article.
Brooks was a steady force in the low block for the Majors over the season. The sophomore led the Majors with just over eight rebounds a game, which was sixth in the conference. She had eight double-digit rebound games including 14 in the season opening win over Agnes Scott and 16 in the regular season finale win over Oglethorpe. Brooks was also the mark of efficiency, averaging over eight points per game and leading the conference with 59 percent shooting from the field.
Freeman burst on the scene her freshman season. Freeman was third on the team in scoring at just over 10 points per game, which was fourth amongst freshmen in the conference. She was also second on the team with just over seven rebounds per game, including three offensive rebounds. Her 73 offensive boards were fourth in the SAA this season. The freshman also had four double-doubles on the season including a 14 and 11 effort in front of her home town crowd of Pineville, Louisiana against Louisiana College.
Millsaps was the only team in the SAA to put four non-seniors on the All-Conference teams and was second to only Centre in All-Conference representation. With no seniors and everybody expected to be back, the Majors are poised to be a dangerous team in 2014-15.
The full All-Conference team can be viewed here.
