{"id":5454,"date":"2020-01-06T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=5454"},"modified":"2020-01-06T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T23:15:25","slug":"simmons-earns-sun-conference-weekly-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/01\/06\/simmons-earns-sun-conference-weekly-accolade\/","title":{"rendered":"Simmons Earns Sun Conference Weekly Accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image_handler-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nSoutheastern University junior forward&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fire.seu.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2688\">Taylah Simmons<\/a>&nbsp;was named The Sun Conference Women&#8217;s Basketball Player of the Week for her efforts in Saturday&#8217;s road victory.<br><br>Simmons had the second-highest scoring game of her career with 33 points in a 91-35 victory over Florida Memorial. The Melbourne, Australia native also pulled down five rebounds, dished out four assists, and helped out on defense with seven steals.<br><br>Simmons has at least 20 points in six of her last seven games. Additionally, Simmons has had at least 22 points in all six Sun Conference games for the second-ranked Fire.<br><br>Nationally, Simmons is second in NAIA Division II in points per game at 22.1, and is ninth in field goal percentage at 57.4%.<br><br>The Fire are 14-2 overall and 6-0 in Sun Conference play and face third-place Johnson &amp; wales on Thursday in North Miami at 5:30 p.m.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southeastern University junior forward&nbsp;Taylah Simmons&nbsp;was named The Sun Conference Women&#8217;s Basketball Player of the Week for her efforts in Saturday&#8217;s road victory. 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