KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One day after being selected as the Sooner Athletic Conference and OklahomaSports.Net Player of the Week, Mid-America Christian University sophomore guard Sarai Rodriguez has now been named the NAIA Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the organization announced today (Jan. 5).

Rodriguez put in quite a performance in the two games this past week, leading the Lady Evangels with an average of 30.5 points per game and 6.5 assists per game while hitting down 8-of-13 from beyond the arc.

The Austin, Texas native poured in a double-double of 32 points and 10 assists to lead MACU to an 87-75 victory at Avila (Mo.) before scoring 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.