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| Napheesa Collier has been named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week. It was the third time the UConn star has garnered the award this season. |
PROVIDENCE—UConn’s
Napheesa Collier has been named the American Athletic Conference's Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday,
Feb. 10. It is the third time this season
the senior forward has been so honored.
For the week, the 6-2 O’Fallon, MO, native averaged 25.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.0
blocks per game. She also connected on 84.6 percent of her shots from the field
in two wins vs. ECU and Temple.
Against
ECU on Wednesday, Pheesa dropped in 21 points in just 21 minutes, shooting a
perfect 10-for-10 from the field while adding four boards, three assists and
three blocks. She followed that performance with a season-best 30-point,
14-rebound outing vs. Temple on Saturday. She shot 12-for-16 from the floor, adding
six assists and three blocked shots to her stat line vs. the Owls. Overall,
Collier ranks second in The American this season with a 19.3 ppg average, and
leads the conference in rebounds with 9.9 boards per contest.
In
other American news for the week…
Freshman of the Week
- Marissa Mackins * Fr. * G * Temple
Mackins averaged
12.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in a 1-1 week for Temple,
including a win over Houston. Against the Cougars, she tabulated 14 points
including three 3-pointers while dishing out four assists. She was then one of
five Owls to reach double-figures against UConn, finishing with 11 points, two
rebounds and three assists. So far on the season, Mackins ranks third on the
Temple roster with 7.5 points per game.
Weekly Honor Roll
- Kay Kay Wright * Jr. * G * UCF
Registered her 10th
20-plus point performance of the season in UCF’s lone game of the week,
finishing with 20 points, a season-high nine assists, two steals and five
rebounds against SMU.
- Antoinette Miller * Jr. * G * Cincinnati
Scored a
career-high 23 points on 8-of-12 (66.7 percent) shooting, pulling down four
rebounds with three assists and two steals in the Bearcats’ 82-54 win over
Wichita State on Sunday
- Lashonda Monk * So. * G * ECU
Averaged 17
points, 4.5 steals and 2.5 assists in ECU’s 1-1 week; scored 12 points against
UConn on Wednesday and totaled 22 points (including 15-of-16 from the foul
line), four rebounds and eight steals against Memphis on Saturday
- Mia Davis * So. * F * Temple
Posted a
33-point, 17-rebound double-double in Temple’s 76-65 win over Houston on
Tuesday, hitting a career-high in points and tying her career mark in boards;
led the Owls with 20 points and nine rebounds at UConn on Saturday
- Crystal Polk * Sr. * F * Tulsa
Averaged 14.0
points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in a 2-0 week for the Golden Hurricane;
posted a 20-point, 14-rebound double-double on Sunday against Tulane,
converting on 8-of-16 from the field
—with staff reports
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