NEW ORLEANS –  The Sun Belt Conference announced its Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday – Alexus Dye, senior forward from Troy.

Dye recorded back-to-back double-doubles giving her eight on the season which is tied for the second most in the NCAA (three-way tie for first with 9). Dye is one of only three players to earn a double-double this weekend and the only one to do it twice. The other was Dye’s teammate Felmas Koranga. Dye’s 16 rebounds are the third most in a game this season by a Sun Belt player. The senior forward averaged 16.5 points per game and 14 rebounds per game. Dye added 2.5 assists per game and a steal per game.

Player of the Week 2020 – 21 Recap:
Week 1 – Pre Stanley, App State
Week 2 – Mayra Caicedo, Little Rock
Week 3 – Tiyah Johnson, Troy 
Week 4 – Alexus Dye, Troy
Week 5 – A’Tyanna Gaulden, Georgia Southern
Week 6 – Shondell Vickers, Georgia Southern
Week 7 – Antoinette Lewis, South Alabama
Week 8 – Alexus Dye, Troy

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NEW ORLEANS –  The Sun Belt Conference announced its Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Tuesday. Alexis Dye has received the honor this week, making it back-to-back weeks for the Trojans. Tiyah Johnson was SBC Player of the Week last week.

Dye made significant contributions in all three of Troy’s games this week, averaging 21 points and 9 rebounds per game. The senior forward posted back-to-back double-doubles against No. 12 Mississippi State (20 pts, 11 reb) and Middle Tennessee (30 pts, 10 reb). Her 30 points vs. Middle Tennessee and her 11 boards against the Blue Raiders were both career highs.

This season, the 12 Sun Belt women’s basketball programs will be split into an East Division and a West Division to minimize travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams will play each other on back to back days (Fridays and Saturdays) at the same location. Conference openers are set for New Year’s Day 2021.

All 12 teams will compete in the Sun Belt Conference Championship which will be held March 5-8, 2021 in Pensacola, Fla.

Player of the Week 2020 – 21 Recap:
Week 1 – Pre Stanley, Appalachian State
Week 2 – Mayra Caicedo, Little Rock
Week 3 – Tiyah Johnson, Troy
Week 4 – Alexus Dye, Troy

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