University of Tennessee women’s basketball player Marta Suárez was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week recently.
She averaged eight points and five rebounds as the Lady Vols split a pair of games against Connecticut and Kentucky over the week of Jan. 18.
Suárez, a swing player who hails from Spain, scored 10 points and pulled down six rebounds in Tennessee’s 67-61 loss to the Huskies on Jan. 21 at Thompson-Boling Arena.
She helped the Lady Vols, now ranked No. 20, make a return to the win column on Sunday.
Suárez had six points and grabbed four rebounds as the Lady Vols (10-3, 4-1 SEC) routed No. 12 Kentucky, 70-53, in Knoxville.
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