Jackson, MS - Millsaps freshman forward Braxton Thomas was named the Southern Athletic Association Women's Basketball Player of the Week in an announcement earlier today.

Today's announcement comes a day after Thomas helped the Millsaps Women's Basketball Team earn a share of the regular season conference championship. Thomas totaled 24 points for the weekend and led the Majors in scoring with 14 points in Friday's win over Hendrix. She also scored 10 points in Sunday's win over Rhodes.

Defensively, Thomas helped the Majors significantly by guarding two of the top players in the conference. She held them both to five and six points respectively - both well below their season averages. Thomas and the Majors defense held both Hendrix and Rhodes to just 30% shooting from the field and only 18% shooting on three pointers for the weekend.

With the game tied 40-40 late in the fourth quarter on Friday, Thomas drove through the lane to score the eventual game-winning basket. She averaged 12 points per game over the weekend with 10 rebounds, six steals, two assists and a block.

Currently, Thomas is second in scoring this season for the Majors with 244 points and is third in rebounds with 144.

With the share of the conference regular season championship, the Majors will head into conference tournament play as the two seed. Millsaps Women's Basketball will continue to look towards Thomas' excellent play as they face seventh seeded Sewanee this Friday, Feb. 26th at 3:00 pm.