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Tennessee basketball guard named National Freshman of the Week
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Tennessee women's basketball guard Mia Pauldo was named United States Basketball Writers Association Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week on Tuesday.
She won the award for a second time this season. The 5-foot-6 guard was also named SEC Freshman of the Week for a second time this season after being co-winner of the awards on Dec. 16, 2025.
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Pauldo averaged 22.0 points, 3.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in two games last week, recording a .540 field goal percentage. She converted 90 percent of her free throw attempts in victories over Mississippi State and Arkansas.
Pauldo, a native of Patterson, New Jersey, has scored 10-plus points in seven of her last eight games. She scored a career-high 26 points against the Bulldogs in a, 90-80, victory. Pauldo converted 8-of-12 field goal attempts, 2-of-5 three-point attempts and 8-of-9 free throw attempts. She also totaled three assists, two rebounds and two steals.
In Sunday's, 85-50, victory over the Razorbacks, Pauldo recorded 18 points, four rebounds and four assists.
The Lady Vols (12-3, 3-0 SEC) at Alabama (17-1, 3-1 SEC) on Jan. 18. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. EST at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. SEC Network will televise the matchup.
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