Davis, Hawthorne earn Second Team All-GCAC

JACKSON, Miss. - Wiley College women's basketball players Kaitlyn Davis and Diamond Hawthorne were considered by the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference head coaches as two of the top 10 players in the conference as they were selected Second Team All-GCAC.

The All-Conference awards were presented during a ceremony in between quarterfinal games of the 2023 Hope Credit Union GCAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championship. The head coaches nominated and voted on the awards earlier this week.

This is the first All-Conference honors for both players. Davis finished the regular season ranked third in the GCAC with 13.3 points per game. She averaged 13.8 during conference play. She ranks in the top 10 in 3-pointers made per game (1.6), 3-point field goal percentage (32.0) and assists per game (2.2). Davis won Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for October 24-30. Out of her 13 double-digit scoring games, she scored 20 or more in three of them. In seven games, she hit three or more 3-pointers.

Hawthorne is one of two players to win multiple GCAC Player of the Week awards. She won for November 21-27 and December 5-11. Hawthorne averaged 11.2 points per game – scoring in double figures in 15 games. In three games, she scored 20 or more, including 26 against Huston-Tillotson University on November 22 and Oakwood University on February 11. Hawthorne had four double-digit rebounding games and two double-doubles. She was second on the team with 43 steals – posting three or more in eight games.

The Lady Wildcats will face Dillard University in the quarterfinals of the GCAC Women's Basketball Championship at 5 p.m. Friday.

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