BATON ROUGE — Torris Bright, a guard for LSU’s men’s basketball team, and Seimone Augustus, a forward for the LSU Lady Tigers, were named the Louisiana Sports Writers Associations Players of the Week for their efforts this past week.
Bright, a 6-4 senior from Slidell, La., led the Tigers to victories over Houston and seventh-ranked Mississippi State. For the week he averaged 14 points and 10 assists, including pouring in 17 points on seven-of-seven shooting and 10 assists in the upset over Mississippi State on Saturday.
Augustus, a 6-1 freshman from Baton Rouge, led the Lady Tigers to wins at Auburn and against Ole Miss. She averaged 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the two outings, including scoring 15 of her game-high 19 points to lead a second-half come-back at Auburn last Thursday night.