STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford forward Alanna Smith was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for her performances at the Play4Kay Showcase in Las Vegas last week. The honor is the first of Smith's career and Stanford's 106th all-time player of the week selection.
Smith averaged a double-double of 23.7 points and 11.7 rebounds in Stanford's second-place finish at the Thanksgiving tournament. The junior shot 64.6 percent from the field (31-of-48), 40 percent from deep and also averaged 2.0 blocks per game.
She had the best performance of her career in the Cardinal's 94-82 overtime loss to No. 9 Ohio State on Saturday, setting career highs in both scoring (33) and rebounding (16).
It's the nation's only 30-point, 15-rebound double-double against a ranked team this season and the first against an AP top-10 team since Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike went for 32 points and 20 boards against No. 3 Tennessee on Dec. 21, 2013.
Smith's performance was also just the fourth by a Pac-12 player against a top-10 team since 2000 and the others are all Cardinal. In addition to Ogwumike's in 2013, Nneka Ogwumike had 42 points and 17 rebounds against No. 6 Tennessee on Dec. 20, 2011 and Nicole Powell put up 32 points and 16 rebounds against No. 2 Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2003.
The Australian's 33-point outburst is the highest single-game total in the Pac-12 this season and the most at Stanford since Chiney Ogwumike dropped in 37 against Washington State on March 1, 2014.
Smith started with 15 points and eight rebounds in the Cardinal's 79-54 Thanksgiving Day victory over Kent State. The next night, Smith collected her fourth career double-double with a 23-point, 11-rebound performance in Stanford's 74-53 win over Belmont.
