Jaylyn Sherrod named ESPN’s women’s basketball Player of the Week

Jaylyn Sherrod earned some national respect from ESPN

The national respect keeps on coming for the Colorado women’s basketball team.

Along with moving up three spots in Monday’s AP Top 25, the Buffs saw their point guard, Jaylyn Sherrod, be named ESPN’s Player of the Week. Sherrod scored a career-high 34 points on Saturday as Colorado beat Utah in its Pac-12 opener.

Here’s what ESPN’s Alexa Philippou wrote on Sherrod:

Sherrod was one of the final cuts from ESPN’s list of the top 25 players last month, but on Saturday the Colorado point guard made her case for belonging on it. The fifth-year senior tallied the first 30-point performance of her career, as she exploded for 34 points and impacted every other aspect of the game, finishing with 4 assists, 4 rebounds and just 1 turnover. Thirteen of Sherrod’s points came in the decisive fourth period, in which the Buffaloes bested the Utes 25-11, while Sherrod’s six steals and overall defensive presence gave fits to a typically high-powered Utah offense.

Now in her fifth season at Colorado, Sherrod is averaging career-highs in points (14.8) and assists per game (5.8) while shooting a career-best 50% from the field. Her 3-point percentage is down (14.8%), but the always-aggressive Sherrod is getting to the free-throw line often.

ESPN also gave some love to Colorado in its updated women’s basketball power rankings, placing the 11-1 Buffs at No. 4.

Sherrod and the Buffs will be at Arizona on Friday for their first Pac-12 road game. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. MT on the Pac-12 Network.

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