STANFORD, Calif. – Brittany McPhee picked up two more national awards on Tuesday when she was named both U.S. Basketball Writers Association and Naismith Trophy Player of the Week.
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Stanford's senior had two of the best games of her career as the Cardinal swept a pair of ranked opponents on the road, beating No. 16 Oregon State (60-57) and No. 6 Oregon (78-65) over the weekend. McPhee started the trip with her second career double-double, going for 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against the Beavers. Ten of her 18 points came in the second half, as did eight of her 12 rebounds.
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She did herself one better at No. 6 Oregon on Sunday, scoring 31 of her career-high 33 in the second half to propel the Cardinal to a win over its highest-ranked opponent on the road since it won at No. 3 Rutgers in 2007. McPhee scored Stanford's final 19 points of the game and outscored the Ducks single-handedly in the second half, 31-24. She made the Cardinal's final nine field goals over the last nine minutes and shot 13-of-18 (.722) from the floor in the second half.
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McPhee averaged 25.5 points on 55 percent shooting in the two massive victories, which gave Stanford a leg up for the Pac-12 regular-season crown. On Monday she was also selected as both the espnW National Player of the Week and the Pac-12 Player of the Week.
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The Cardinal is up to No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 12 in the NCAA RPI. Stanford next hosts Utah on Friday at 7 p.m. for its annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day celebration.
