Golden Lions’ Maori Davenport.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Center Maori Davenport
6-5, Junior, Troy, Ala.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions’ center Maori Davenport is HBCU National Player of the Week. She averaged 17.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocks per game, and shot 80 percent from the field (12-of-15) in two wins for the Golden Lions. In the victory over Texas Southern (2/20), she scored a season high 22 points, grabbed nine rebounds, blocked six shots, and had two steals.

Davenport is averaging 9.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game per game, but in her last five games, she is averaging 15.2, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game. The Golden Lions have won three of their last four games.