By: CCAA
In a week where she passed the 1,000 career point milestone, Cal Poly Pomona's Kalaya Buggs has been named the FloCollege/CCAA Women's Basketball Player of the Week. (Mar. 3)
Buggs closed out the regular season with an emphatic 34-point performance after scoring 17 in the win on Thursday. Her efforts helped the Broncos lock down the No. 2 seed in the upcoming CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
She completed the week averaging 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. The senior was lethal from deep with 11 treys (11-of-19, .579 3pt%), and she finished the week shooting .536 percent from the field.
The Compton, Calif., native completes the regular season ranked fourth in the CCAA in assists (3.7) and second in free throw percentage (.798). Click here to see the CCAA Statistics Leaders.
This is Buggs' second CCAA Player of the Week award of 2024-25 and the fourth of her career. Click here to see a complete list of past CCAA Players of the Week.
Cal Poly Pomona earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, March 6-8 at Cal State San Marcos. CPP will receive a first-round bye before facing the winner of No. 3 Chico State and No. 6 Cal State LA on Friday, Mar. 7 at 5:30 p.m. Catch all the games in the Tournament through FloCollege. Visit GoCCAA.org/FloCollege to sign up today.
For more information on the CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, click here.
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