WALESKA, Ga. – Allie Stone has been named player of the week by the Appalachian Athletics Conference.
 
Stone took the honor after averaging 28 points per game on some sizzling shooting over two games last week.
 
A 5-6 sophomore from Olive Hill, Ky., Stone was 22-of-28 from the field last week, good for 78.6 percent shooting. Included in that was an even more remarkable 8-for-9 from three-point range for 88.9 percent. Finally, she was 4-of-5 from the free throw line.
 
In addition, she had nine assists and five rebounds.
 
On Wednesday night in the home finale, Stone scored 25 points in an 84-47 win over Tennessee Wesleyan. She finished the night 10-for-14 overall and 5-of-6 from the arc. She also had seven assists and two steals.
 
She was even better on Saturday, scoring 31 points in the Bears' 86-62 win at Brenau (Ga.) University. She was 12-for-14 from the floor and 3-of-3 on three-point shots. She was 4-for-5 from the line and had three rebounds, two assists and a steal.
 
It was the second time this season Stone has been named Player of the Week by the AAC. The first came on Nov. 27 when she averaged 21 points and four rebounds per game as the Bears picked up Thanksgiving week wins over Truett-McConnell (Ga.) University, Langston (Okla.) University and WVU Tech.
 
It's the fourth time in her career she's taken weekly honors, having won the award two times last season as a freshman when the Bears competed in the Mid-South Conference.
 
Stone will enter this week's AAC tournament with 984 points, needing only 16 to become the 29^th member of the school's 1,000-point club.
 
UPike, the four-seed, begins postseason play on Thursday afternoon, meeting No. 5 Johnson (Tenn.) University at 1:45 p.m. at MeadowView Convention Center and Resort in Kingsport, Tenn.