Southland media relations

FRISCO — Lamar’s Chastadie Barrs is the Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the fourth time this season, league officials announced Monday. All Southland weekly awards are presented by MidSouth Bank.

Barrs led her squad to a 77-51 win over UIW Thursday and an 83-72 victory over Sam Houston State Saturday in a perfect 2-0 week for the Cardinals. The senior appeared in every single minute of each game as Lamar played in back-to-back road contests.

The LU senior averaged just shy of a double-double going for 19.0 points, 9.5 steals, 8.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists throughout the week. Against the Bearkats, Barrs recorded 12 steals to tie her single-game career-high while improving her to second all-time in Lamar program history with 567 career steals. Her 15 points and 12 steals against Sam Houston State also marked her eighth double-double of the season. The DeSoto product has now recorded a steal in 109 consecutive contests. Barrs also currently leads the NCAA in steals per game (6.2) and steals (111) for the 2018-19 season.

Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.