Buckhanon Named NAIA Player of the Week for the Second Time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the second time this season, Fisk University power forward Maya Buckhanon has been anmed the NAIA National Player of the Week. Buckhanon scored 97 points and grabbed 31 rebounds in two road games against Dillard University and Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO). Against SUNO, she broke a Gulf Coast Athletic Confernce and Fisk University record by scoring 60 points. The point total was two short of the NAIA record held by another HBCU player, Miriam Walker-Samuels of Chaflin (SC) University in 1988. Buchhanon has the most points scored in the 21st century. 

For the week, Buckhanon averged 48.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per game last week. She leads the nation with a 14.9 rebound average per game this season. Buckhanon also won the NAIA weekly award on December 12, 2023. In the game againt SUNO, she also eclipsed the 1,000 point mark in the second quarter. Buckhanon accomplished that plateau in only two seasons. 

You can catch Buckhanon in her final home game at Fisk this Thursday when the Lady Bulldogs take on Tougaloo College. 

Buckhanon's accomplishment last week at a glance:

• Broke the GCAC record for points scored (60) and field goals made (24)
• Broke the Fisk record for men's and women's basketball held by Robert Moore (55). 
• Fell two points short of the NAIA record in points nad two field goals made short as well. 
• 97 points, the most by a Fisk player in a two game stretch. 
• On Thursday at Dillard, she scored 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting from the field, 13-of 19 from the free throw line in her team's 68-62 win.
• Against SUNO, she scored her 1,000th career point in two seasons at Fisk early in the second quarter.