NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Whitney Gathright, who scored 21 points in a season-opening victory Saturday, is the first Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week in women's basketball for the 2015-16 season.
Gathright, a 5-foot-4 senior point guard from New Orleans and a graduate of John Curtis Christian School, led the Gold Nuggets in a 47-42 victory at Webber International. Gathright made a career-high-tying four 3-pointers in six attempts, and her 21 points are the most by a Gold Nugget in an opener in the last 13 seasons.
It's the third time that Gathright has been a GCAC Player of the Week — only Brittany Powell, with four awards from 2008-10, has won more for the Gold Nuggets — and it's the first time that a Gold Nugget has won the weekly award in three different seasons.
Xavier (2-0), ranked 21st in NAIA Division I, will play NCAA Division II member LeMoyne-Owen in an exhibition game at 6 p.m. Saturday at XU's Convocation Center.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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