High school Girls Basketball Player of the Week: Tamara Lee, Edmond Santa Fe

Those grades took a dramatic upturn last week, though, as the junior helped Class 6A No. 1-ranked Santa Fe sweep through the Skiatook Invitational.

For her efforts, Lee is The Oklahoman's Girls Basketball Player of the Week after winning the tournament's Most Valuable Player honors.

“A-plus,” Lee said of her defensive grade the past few games. “It brings my confidence up to hear my dad and coach tell me that I've been playing good defense.”

The key to that defense is a change to her approach.

“She's keeping her man in front of her,” Santa Fe coach Paul Bass said. “She'd struggled a little bit on that. She's one of those girls that wants to steal everything, but she's doing a good job of keeping her man in front of her and picking her places to go after steals.”

That's been a difficult adjustment at times.

“It's a mental thing because if I go after every steal, it's going to be four-on-five and we're not in a good position,” Lee said. “So it's something I've had to work on.”