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Women's Basketball's Davenport named National Player of the Week

AUSTIN, Texas — Senior Texas guard Empress Davenport has been named the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week, it was announced Tuesday.

On Monday, Davenport was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week. As the Big 12 Player of the Week, Davenport was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women's basketball, from a list of Division I conference players of the week.

Davenport turned in a career-high 23 points to lead No. 5/6 Texas to a 77-69 win against No.