CHARLOTTE, N.C.?UNC Asheville freshman Linda Aughburns has been named this week's Big South New Balance Freshman of the Week announced by the league office on Monday.
Aughburns, a forward from Fayetteville, N.C., posted a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double to lead Asheville past Charleston Southern 87-83 in overtime. She canned 67 percent of her field goals, hit 2-of-3 from three-point land and notched 2-of-3 from the free throw line. Aughburns also dished out two assists and came away with one block and one steal for the Bulldogs. The honor is her first Freshman of the Week plaudit this season.
Winthrop's Tiffany Rodd is the Big South Conference Women's Basketball Choice Hotels Player of the Week.
Asheville return's the court tonight as it hosts Coastal Carolina at 7 p.m. in the Justice Center. Tonight's game is the annual WBCA Pink Zone Game to support the Kay Yow Foundation.
