New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week, while Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor earned Western Conference honors.

A (corrected) excerpt from the WNBA release: This marks Pondexter’s 11th Player of the Week award in her six seasons, fifth* most in WNBA history...This is Taylor’s second Player of the Week award in her career, and marks the second consecutive week a Mercury player has won the honor (Candice Dupree earned the honor last week).