Kimpson, Daniel Earn American Conference Honors for Tulane Women
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On Monday, the American Conference announced its weekly women’s basketball award winners for competition from January 12-18 with a pair of Tulane players recognized. Shiloh Kimpson secured American Freshman of the Week, while Kanija Daniel earned an honorable mention nod.
Kimpson Second TU Frosh to be Honored
This is Kimpson’s first weekly honor in her career. With Mecailin Marshall earning freshman of the week twice prior this season, Kimpson’s award marks the second-straight season with two different Tulane freshmen being recognized. Daniel’s honor is her second such recognition of the season after first receiving it on November 17.
Kimpson, a freshman from Little Elm, Texas, averaged 10.5 points per game while shooting at a 53.3 percent clip this week. She scored in double figures in both contests, first posting 11 points at Temple for her first-career double-digit outing. Against UAB, she added 10 more points while netting a pair of three-pointers, the first such makes of her career. Against the Blazers, Kimpson dished a career-best five assists as part of her seven total on the week. Kimpson’s assist/turnover ratio of 2.33 was sixth best in the league regardless of class and best among freshmen.
Daniel Hitting Her Stride for Green Wave
Daniel, a junior from Carrollton, Georgia, led the Wave in scoring on the week with 14.5 points per game with a 52.6 percent shooting mark. Daniel added 14 boards at a rate of 14.0 per game with three blocks and a steal. She was the leading scorer in the victory at Temple with 19 points while adding a career-high seven rebounds. She blocked a pair of shots and swiped a steal. Against UAB, Daniel notched 10 points while securing seven more boards to match her newly minted career high.
Green Wave Turning a Corner
Tulane is now 8-10 on the season with a 3-3 American mark. With the two wins last week, the Wave has claimed back-to-back triumphs for the first time this season. With a bye during the midweek slate of league play, the Wave returns to competition this weekend with a road contest at conference leader Rice on Saturday, January 24. Tip-off in Houston, Texas, is set for 2:00 p.m. with the match-up streaming on ESPN+.
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Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.