January 3, 2007
San Antonio – Charlena Rodez was named Heartland Conference Women’s Basketball co-Player of the Week for her play last week against Southwestern College, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday. Rodez shared the honor with Alira Carpenter of Montana State University-Billings.
Rodez (Sr., Cedar Park) was nearly unstoppable against Southwestern College, hitting on 13-of-17 shots from the field to score a season-high 27 points. The total was one shy of her career high of 28 points. She also pulled down 12 rebounds – one off her career high in that category – to post her first double-double of the season. For the season she leads the Rattlers with 13.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. She has reached double figures in scoring eight times this season and in double figures in rebounds twice.
She is the second Rattler to earn Heartland Conference Player of the Week honors this season. Juanita Merchant (Jr., Angleton) received the honor two weeks ago.
Rodez and the Rattlers (3-9 overall, 0-0 Heartland Conference) will return to action on Thursday when they host Oklahoma Panhandle State University (2-10 overall, 0-1 HC) in the conference opener for the Rattlers. The game will be part of a men’s/women’s doubleheader with the Rattler women taking the floor against OPSU at 5:30 p.m. and the men following at 7:30 p.m.