Falcons guard Lauren Banks.

Saint Augustine’s Guard Lauren Banks
5-7, Sophomore, Clinton, Md.

Saint Augustine’s Falcons guard Lauren Banks is HBCU National Player of the Week. She averaged 26.0 points, 3.5 rebounds while shooting 50 percent (18-of-36) from the field and three-point range (11-of-22) in helping the Falcons go 2-0 this week. In the victory over Winston-Salem State (2/4), she scored a career-high 33 points, grabbed four rebounds and made 11-of-21 field goals and 6-of-11 three-pointers.

Banks is averaging 13.9 points per game and her 33 points points against WSSU was the second time this year she has scored 30+ points in a game.