Women's Hoops Blog

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Monday, April 10, 2006

There is good and bad news for LSU fans following Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles on the latest tour for USA Basketball Senior Women's team.

The good - Seimone finally arrived in Austriala after a flight delay from Minneapolis and played in the team's convincing win against China. She was one of four players in double figures for Team USA.

The bad - Sylvia suffered a dislocated right shoulder in Team USA's April 8 contest against Australia and will not compete in the remainder of the Opals World Challenge.

While Seimone was on her way to Australia, her parents picked up two more POY awards on her behalf her over the weekend - the women's Wooden Award and the Naismith Trophy.

Paul points out on the Lynx blog that "having also been selected for both awards following her junior season, Augustus adds her name to an elite list of players who've won multiple Naismiths: Cheryl Miller, Clarissa Davis, Dawn Staley, Chamique Holdsclaw and Diana Taurasi. Meanwhile, she joins Ralph Sampson as the only players -- male or female -- with more than one Wooden Award."