Pruitt Earns First Player of the Week Honor Mar. 8, 2004 – Fullerton, Calif.
Cal State Fullerton sophomore forward Amber
Pruitt was named the Big West Conference’s Player of the Week on
Monday afternoon, helping the Titans to a 1-1 week, including a season-ending
victory over Cal State Northridge.
Pruitt scored a career-high 29 points in Fullerton’s loss to Pacific
and followed that performance up with a 22-point outing against the Matadors.
For the week, Pruitt averaged 25.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg, while shooting .588
from the field (20-for-34) and .889 from the free throw line (8-for-9).
The scoring performances were her second and third 20-point games this
season and the sixth and seventh double-digit scoring performances for
her in her last nine games. With Amber Pruitt’s Player of the Week award, coupled with Tamara
Quinn’s award on Jan. 26, Cal State Fullerton had two conference
player’s of the week in the same season for the first time since
Dee Braxton (12/16) and Kris Sigg (2/10) won the award during the 1996-97
season.
It is only the fourth time since the Titans joined the Big West that they
have had multiple player’s of the week, as Koko Lahanas won it twice
in 1994-95 and Eugenia Miller-Rycraw won the award a conference-record
six times in 1990-91.
