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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
