By Kevin Albarez, Louisiana Tech Associate Director Strategic Communications
RUSTON — Paris Bradley was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year along with First Team All-Conference and All-Freshman, while Jordan Marshall was named to the All-Freshman team, announced by the league on Monday.
Bradley is the first Lady Techster to win a conference Freshman of the Year since Erica Taylor won in 2001-02, Tech’s first season in the Western Athletic Conference.
The eight-time Freshman of the Week is having one of the best freshman seasons by a Techster since the 90s. Bradley’s 420 points are just eight behind Tamicha Jackson and her 86 assists are one behind Amber Dixon for the 10th most. Her seven 20-point performances are tied with Janice Lawrence for the sixth most by a freshman in program history. Her four straight 20+ games are the most since Pam Kelly had four in 1978-79 and only behind Belinda Jones’s nine in a row during the 1974-75 season.
On the season, Bradley ranks in the top 10 in CUSA in ppg (14.5, 3rd), FG percentage (50.3, 5th), FT percentage (87.1, 2nd), 3s per game (1.7, 9th), 3s (30, 8th), apg (3.2, 6th) and assists (57, 6th). The 5-9 guard has 11 games with five or more rebounds and eight games of 5+ assists.
Marshall has been one of the best on the glass all season long. Her 246 rebounds tie Angela Turner for the 10th most by a Lady Techster freshman and rank in the top 100 in the country, third among freshmen. Her 8.5 boards a game are the fourth most in CUSA and the third most among freshmen in the nation.
The 6-0 forward has nine double-doubles on the season, the second most by a freshman in the country and the most by a Lady Techster freshman since Elinor Griffin had 19 in 1976-77.
Marshall is third on the team with 11.3 points per game. She has 19 double-figure scoring games and nine with 10 or more rebounds.