NEW LONDON, N.H. - November 19, 2019 - Colby-Sawyer senior Tianna Sugars (Oxford, Maine) has been honored with a pair of weekly awards. Sugars was named New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Player of the Week and Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Co-Player of the Week. 

Sugars led the Chargers to a 3-0 week with 21.7 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. She recorded a double-double in all three games, shot 46.9% (23-49) from the floor and 90.5% (19-21) from the FT line. Sugars began the season with a game-best 24 points to go with 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes of action in an 85-33 win over Dean. The senior followed with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 68-45 win over Fitchburg State in the first game of the Colby-Sawyer Tip-Off Tournament. Sugars saved her best for last as she posted game-highs of 28 points and 18 rebounds in a 63-58 win over Saint Lawrence to guide the Chargers to the Tip-Off Tournament championship. She was 10-for-10 from the free throw line and was named Tournament MVP. At the end of the first half, she became the 15th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. She also moved into eighth in career rebounding with 713 boards. 

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