Rice's Lauren Schwartz Named C-USA Freshman of the Week for Week 2 of 2019-'20 Season

POSTED: November 18, 2019 -- 2:43 p.m. CT

Rice women's basketball wing Lauren Schwartz was selected the Conference USA Freshman of the Week following her stellar performance against No. 5 Texas A&M, the league office announced on Monday.

Schwartz, from Union, KY, scored a season-high 19 points in 35 minutes against the Aggies in Rice's narrow 62-61 loss. The freshman came alive in the second half with 14 of her 19 points and finished the game making 5-of-12 shots from the field (2-of-4 from beyond the arc) and a 7-of-8 performance at the free throw line. Schwartz also contributed six rebounds, second-most on the Owls.

Schwartz averaged nearly 10 points and six boards through 31 minutes across two games last week. Against the Aggies, Schwartz hit 5-of-12 shots from the floor, sinking 50 percent of her four 3-point attempts. She also went 7-for-8 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds. Against SMU, the Kentucky product reached five boards with three assists and one block.

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Rice (2-2) will be back in action this Saturday when they travel to Stillwater, OK, to face the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.

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