McCoughtry Recognized By WNBA for Second Time this Season
ATLANTA (July 11, 2016) – Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry has been honored as the WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the period ending July 10, league officials announced Monday.
McCoughtry earned the Player of the Week honor for the second time this season and the 15th time in her eight-year career.
The two-time WNBA scoring champion helped the Dream win all three of its games last week as Atlanta (11-9) moved into second place in the East. For the week, the former University of Louisville standout tied for first in scoring (23.7 ppg), tied for fourth in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and tied for second in assists (4.7 apg) among East players. She raised her season scoring average to 20.2 points, third-best in the WNBA.
The four-time All-Star tipped off her week with 18 points, six rebounds and three assists in a 77-64 home win over the Seattle Storm on July 5. Three days later, she tallied 27 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a 95-90 victory against the visiting Dallas Wings. McCoughtry capped the week with 26 points, six rebounds, three steals and three blocks in a 67-63 win over the host Connecticut Sun on July 10.
Minnesota’s Maya Moore was recognized as the WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week.
Other candidates for the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Chicago’s Elena Delle Donne, Jamierra Faulkner and Allie Quigley, Connecticut’s Chiney Ogwumike, the Los Angeles Sparks’ Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike, the New York Liberty’s Tina Charles and Seattle’s Breanna Stewart.
For more information on this week’s Players of the Week, visit www.wnba.com/awards.
2016 WNBA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Week | East Player | Team | West Player | Team |
| 5/22/16 | Tina Charles | New York | Maya Moore | Minnesota |
| 5/29/16 | Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta | Candace Parker | Los Angeles |
| 6/5/16 | Tina Charles | New York | Maya Moore | Minnesota |
| 6/12/16 | Emma Meesseman | Washington | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles |
| 6/19/16 | Tina Charles | New York | Candace Parker | Los Angeles |
| 6/26/16 | Tina Charles | New York | Diana Taurasi | Phoenix |
| 7/3/16 | Tina Charles | New York | Nneka Ogwumike | Los Angeles |
| 7/10/16 | Angel McCoughtry | Atlanta | Maya Moore | Minnesota |
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