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Ramirez, Spencer pick up top player honors for week from SEC

Amber Ramirez landed her first top player award and Samara Spencer got her third top freshman award this season.

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Andy Hodges / HitThatLine.com

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Redshirt senior Amber Ramirez got her first SEC honor, getting co-player of the top week award Tuesday.

It was the first time she’d picked up a league.

Freshman Samara Spencer picked up her third freshman of the week award, including the second week in a row.

Ramirez put together arguably the best stretch of her collegiate career this week, as she averaged 27 points per game on 54% shooting against two top-15 opponents.

In the game against No. 12 LSU, Ramirez led the way in Arkansas’ first ranked win since February of 2021, dropping in 25 points, 16 after halftime.

Ramirez hit five of her eight threes in the game, including four of them in the decisive third quarter spurt.

Her 25-point mark was one shy of her season high, while her 10 made field goals and five made threes both matched her season-bests.

Somehow, Ramirez was even better against No. 7 Tennessee, dropping in a season-high 29 points on the road in Arkansas’ overtime loss.

She was just as efficient despite the increase in total points, hitting nine of her 17 field goal attempts, while adding five more three’s on nine tries to her SEC-leading total of 32 three’s made.

The redshirt senior guard was also huge on the glass against one of the better rebounding teams in the country, hauling in eight rebounds, nearly giving her a double-double.

Ramirez did almost all of her damage in this game without Makayla Daniels, who went down in the second quarter with injury. Coming into Monday night’s game, Daniels was leading Arkansas in scoring, rebounding, steals and assists.

Spencer continues to build her case for the league’s freshman of the year honor.

After winning the weekly award last week, the freshman guard put on a great encore performance, averaging 18.5 points and 3.5 rebounds against two top-15 opponents.

Spencer helped Arkansas knock off LSU, while stepping in to nearly rally Arkansas past the Lady Vols on the road Monday night.

She was special against LSU, hitting 53 percent of her shots in the first 20-point performance of her young career.

It marked her third straight game increasing her season-best point output, as she had dropped 18 points at Alabama on Jan. 20, followed by 19 points against Mississippi State on Jan. 23.

She hit three of her five threes in the game, while pulling down three rebounds and dishing two assists.

Against Tennessee, Spencer took over the lead guard spot, as Daniels went down in the second quarter due to injury.

She dropped in 17 more points in the contest, including six points in the overtime frame to lead the Hogs. Spencer also dished a team-high four assists in the overtime loss.

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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