COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball sophomore guard Sophie Cunningham (Columbia, Mo.) was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention, as announced by the AP on Monday. Cunningham is the 10th Tiger in program history to earn All-America Honorable Mention recognition and the first since LaToya Bond in 2006.
Cunningham helped lead Mizzou to 22 wins, a third-place finish in the Southeastern Conference and a second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time since 1985 and 1986. The sensational sophomore steered Mizzou to wins in back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in program history. She was named First Team All-SEC by both the league’s coaches and the AP after a stellar campaign.
Cunningham averaged a team-best 17.5 points per game, which ranks fourth in the SEC. The sophomore guard ended the regular season with four consecutive 20-point performances, averaging 26.5 points per game in the span while racking up a pair of National Player of the Week awards. During that stretch, she became the first Tiger since Sandie Prophete in 1989 to score 26 points in three straight games.
Cunningham finished with 10 20-point performances in 2016-17 and has 20 such outings in just 63 career games. She scored at least 30 points on three different occasions during the current campaign, one of just two players in the SEC to do so in league play.
Cunningham ranked second in the SEC in free throw shooting, making 84.8 percent of her attempts. She also boasted a 48.2 field goal percentage and remains the only player in the league shooting above 80 percent from the free throw line and 45 percent from the field.
Cunningham dished out at least three assists in 19 games. She led Mizzou in assists and finished 12th in the league with 3.4 per game.
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