CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Senior forward Danielle Hood from University of Hartford notched her second consecutive America East Women's Basketball Player of the Week accolade this season after leading the Hawks to tournament success. University of Vermont freshman forward Tonya Young received the conference's rookie of the week award for the week ending November 25. Click here for full PDF release.
For the second straight week, University of Hartford's Danielle Hood (Cartlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) is the America East Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Hood earned tournament MVP honors as she led her Hawks to the 29th Annual Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic title in Honolulu, Hawaii. She averaged 17.0 points, including a season-high-tying 27 points against Alabama-Birmingham, 17 points against the host Hawaii Rainbow, and 19 points in the title game against Virginia. Hood averaged 5.0 rebounds per game, and totaled four assists, two blocks and three steals over four games last week. The senior
forward shot .491 from the fi eld (28-of-57) and sank 12 of 14 free-throw attempts.
Tonya Young (Canaan, N.H./Mascoma Valley Regional) of the University of Vermont posted two of her best games of the season thus far to capture the America East Rookie of the Week. In two games at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Thanksgiving Tournament hosted by Northern Arizona, Young averaged 8.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in just 19 minutes per game. She also shot 58.3% from the fi eld and was 3-for-4 from the foul line. Young posted eight points in the loss to Ball State and
added nine points and three rebounds in the win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
RECENT RESULTS
Sunday, November 25
at Sacred Heart 70, Binghamton 52
Senior Laine Kurpniece led the Bearcat offense with 12 points, while classmate
Brittany Thompson, back from injury, contributed 10 points... Binghamton shot
just 61 percent from behind the free-throw line.
Hartford 70, Virginia 53
The Hawks ran their winning streak up to six games and captured the Rainbow
Wahine Classic title.... Senior Danielle Hood's 19 points helped her cause as she
went on to win tournament MVP.
Saturday, November 24
St. Peter's 60, at New Hampshire 49
The Wildcats shot just 51.7 percent on freethrows... Senior Ashley Cerniglia posted
15 points, while sophomore Racheal Fowler brought down 13 boards.
Youngstown State 54, Albany 52
The Great Danes fell in the third-place game of the LIU Turkey Classic... Albany
shot 18-for-58 from the fi eld, just 31 percent.
North Carolina A&T 62, Boston University 54
Four Terriers hit double fi gure points against the Aggies... Boston U. shot 10 percent
in the fi rst half, but came back to shoot 27.7 percent for the game.
Quinnipiac 70, at Maine 49
Brittany Boser scored a career-high 19 points and was named to the Dead River
Company Classic All-Tournament Team.
at UMBC 68, Mount St. Mary's 40
The Retrievers had not allowed as few as 40 points since Feb. 1, 2006... UMBC
sank a season-high 10 three-pointers in a season-best 68 point performance.
at Manhattan 74, Stony Brook 68
The Seawolves went 7-of-13 on the long ball and 25-of-51 from the fl oor to shoot
a season-high 49 percent... Rookie Jodie Plikus drained a team-high 14 points.
Vermont 62, Fairleigh Dickinson 51
Sophomore Courtnay Pilypaitis anchored the offense with a team-high 12 points,
six rebounds and eight assists... The Catamounts fi nished the tournament third.
Hartford 76, at Hawaii 63
The Hawks won their second game of the Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic...
Hartford outrebounded the Rainbow, 37-36.
UPCOMING ACTION
Tuesday, November 27
New Hampshire at Boston College 7 p.m.
The Wildcats have alternated wins and losses through the fi rst four games. They
enter Chestnut Hill coming off a loss... Senior Ashley Cerniglia is averaging a team-best
12.8 ppg.
Wednesday, November 28
UMBC at New Jersey Institute of Technology 7 p.m.
Senior Kristin Drabyn ranks sixth all-time at UMBC with 105 career three-point fi eld
goals... Carlee Cassidy is second in the conference, scoring 14.8 ppg.
Bucknell at Binghamton 7 p.m.
The Bearcats return to Vestal for their home-opener after a four-game road trip...
Last year's match-up was an overtime thriller, a one-point decision in Bucknell's
favor.
Albany at Sacred Heart 7 p.m.
The Great Danes beat the Pioneers by fi ve points last season and are hoping to snap
a three-game losing streak entering this year's match-up.
Massachusetts at Boston University 7 p.m.
Junior Christine Kinneary has averaged over seven assists per game this season...
Junior Jesyka Burks-Wiley and senior Kasey Devine own averages over 13 ppg.