NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama women's basketball's Chyna Ellis was named the Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week (Jan. 23), as announced by the league office on Tuesday. This is Ellis' second Player of the Week honor of the season and her career. She is the first Jag women's basketball player to garner multiple SBC Player of the Week awards in a season since Sarda Peterson won the award on Jan. 16 and Feb. 6 of 2012.
 
Ellis had a historic night on Thursday against Coastal Carolina. The senior center collected the program's first triple-double since 1989 as she collected 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks and became the all-time block leader in SBC history surpassing Kaetlyn Murdoch's mark of 279. Ellis' 10 rejections are a career-high and set the individual Mitchell Center record for blocks in a game. She also collected 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in a win on Saturday over Appalachian State.
 
The Jaguars are back in action on Thursday when they travel to Lafayette to take on the University of Louisiana at 5 p.m.
 
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