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Career Effort Nets Hristova Pac-12 Player of the Week

| By: Athletic Communications

The star forward scored 38 points in a road victory at rival Washington.

PULLMAN, Wash. - For just the second time in her illustrious career, star forward Borislava Hristova was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Monday morning. Hristova nabbed the top conference honors after leading her Cougars to a road win over rival Washington in the Boeing Apple Cup Series Sunday afternoon to tip off Pac-12 play. Hristova was previously named player of the week Jan. 8, 2018 for the first time after a career weekend against Colorado and Utah. She also previously earned three Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards during her inaugural campaign.

Playing for the first time in 10 days, Hristova showed no rust in her game against the Huskies as the 2019 Cheryl Miller Watch List nominee came out on blazing and never cooled off. Torching the Huskies from both inside and out, Hristova put together one of the best offensive performances in program history, scoring a career-best 38 points in 37 minutes including scoring a career-best 22 points in the first half. Her 38 points finished as the third-best scoring effort in program history, trailing only Jenni Ruff's (1996) 41 and Jeanne Eggart's (1981, pre-NCAA WBB era) 40. Her 38 points were the second-most by a Pac-12 player on the year and just missed the most points scored against Washington (40) at American Airlines Arena. Even more impressively, Hristova made her money from the floor, hitting a record 16 field goals on just 24 shots (66.7%). From deep, Hristova tied a career best with four triples on six attempts. She would add five rebounds and two assists to her game totals.

For the season, Hristova sits second in the Pac-12 and sixth in the nation in scoring at 23.2 points per game. She has scored in double-figures in all 12 games on the year, tying a career long streak while ranking as the third longest streak for a WSU junior. She has produced seven 20+ points scoring efforts and three 30+ scoring efforts on the year. Hristova has led the team in scoring in eight of 12 games on the year.

The Cougs and Hristova hit the road for Oregon to take on No. 11 Oregon State (Fri.) and No. 5 Oregon (Sun.).
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