PHILADELPHIA - Freshman Jada Payne earned her second Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honor of the season, announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

Payne averaged 21.0 points and 5.5 rebounds to lead the Explorers in both contests last week. Both games saw new career highs for Payne. She netted a game-best 18 points at Charlotte on Wednesday and followed up with a 24-point performance at Richmond on Saturday. She also pulled down a career-high eight boards against the 49ers to lead the Explorers in outrebounding the league's top rebounding squad.

For the season, Payne is scoring 9.1 points per game and chipping in 4.3 rebounds. She is the only player on the team to have started every game this season.

Payne earned Rookie of the Week honors back in November as well, as she was the first announced honoree of the season.