The Western Athletic Conference announced UTRGV freshman center Charlotte O’Keefe is the WAC Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week for her play from Jan. 31-Feb. 6.
O’Keefe averaged a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, going 9-of-19 (.474) from the floor and 2-of-4 (.500) from 3-point range last week.
| Charlotte O’Keefe UTRGV Athletics |
O’Keefe started off the week by helping the Vaqueros defeat Utah Tech 69-65 as she scored 10 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. The 17 rebounds are the sixth most in a single game in program history and tied the program record for rebounds in a WAC game.
O’Keefe closed out the week by setting a new career high with 14 points against Southern Utah and also set a career high with two 3-pointers made.
O’Keefe is averaging 5.9 points and 6.2 rebounds — which ranks second on the team — per game while averaging 1.5 assists.
The Vaqueros are back in action at 1 p.m. Thursday on the road against Stephen F. Austin before returning to the Valley for a 4 p.m. meeting against Abilene Christian on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg.