OKLAHOMA CITY -- Mid-America Christian University sophomore guard Sarai Rodriguez has been selected as the Sooner Athletic Conference and OklahomaSports.Net women's basketball player of the week, released today (Jan. 4). 

Rodriguez paced the Lady Evangels with an average of 30.5 points per game, 6.5 assists per game, three boards and two steals while knocking down 8-of-13 from the perimeter.

The Austin, Texas native scored 32 points along with 10 assists to lead MACU to an 87-75 victory at Avila (Mo.) and then scored 29 points in an 89-70 setback at No. 5-ranked (NAIA D-II) College of the Ozarks last Saturday (Jan. 4).

Rodriguez is second on the Lady Evangels in scoring (16.8 ppg) this season and leads the team with 47 assists. 

She also leads the SAC and is fourth in the NAIA in assists per game (5.88 apg), while ranking second in the league and fourth in the NAIA in three-point field-goal percentage (.500). 

Rodriguez and the Lady Evangels will next host No. 17-ranked John Brown University Thursday evening (Jan. 7) at 6 p.m. inside the Gaulke Activity Center.  It will already mark the fifth time the Lady Evangels have faced a ranked opponent this season.