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ATHLETES OF THE WEEKSportsDay girls basketball player of the week: Peyton Adamson12:43 AM CST on Monday, February 4, 2008School: Rockwall Peyton Adamson What she did: Adamson scored 16 points in a 53-38 victory over Garland Naaman Forest that allowed Rockwall to forge a tie atop the 10-5A standings. Adamson scored 20 points (five 3-pointers). Adamson leads the nation in 3-pointers with 116 as of last week, according to maxpreps.com. The stats: After 30 games, she had 116 3-pointers, which was first in the nation according to maxpreps.com. Adamson now has 127 3-pointers in 33 games. Who she is? The 5-6 sophomore averages 20.3 points and shoots 40 percent from 3-point range and 89 percent from the free throw line. She said it: On the influence her parents, Dana and Chris Adamson, former high school coaches, have on her 3-point shooting: "I go shoot a lot, and they go with me and rebound for me. So if something is off, they usually know what it is, so they can tell me, and I can fix it." Coach said it: "She is a kid that shoots and shoots and shoots, and that's why she's been very consistent and her percentage has been great." – Jill McDill Did you know? Her sister, Shelby, is a four-year varsity player at Rockwall and the second-leading scorer behind Peyton. ... Her brother, Braxton, is a 2007 Rockwall graduate playing basketball at Dallas Baptist.
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