CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--UMBC sophomore guard Carlee Cassidy (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) received her third America East Women's Basketball Player of the Week award for games played through December 30, while Emily Rousseau (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford), a freshman guard at Maine, earned Rookie of the Week honors. Click here for full weekly release (PDF).
Cassidy averaged 22.5 points per game to raise her season average to a conference-best 16.7 ppg. She also shot 48.6% (17-of-35) from the floor, including 42.1% (8-of-19) from long distance, in two contests last week, and was named to the Terrapin Classic All-Tournament Team. Cassidy scored a team-high 21 points against Richmond with 14 coming in the second half. Then against #5 Maryland, Cassidy led all scorers with 24 points, one shy of tying her career high. She finished with five trifectas in the game to go along with a career-best nine field goals. In the last six games, Cassidy is averaging 20.0 ppg.
Rousseau was named to the Miami Hurricane Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 ppg through two games. The rookie poured in a game-high 16 points versus Toledo in the tournament championship, and had a team-high 12 points in the win over ACC-foe Miami. For the Tournament, Rousseau shot 40% from beyond the three-point arc and 39.3% from the field. This is her first career weekly award, and the second week in a row that a freshman guard at Maine has received rookie of the week.
Recent Results
Sunday, December 30
Stony Brook 64, Brown 52 3
Five different Seawolves netted double-digit points, led by senior Dana Ferraro's 12 points... Sophomore Sarah Kazadi notched her first double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 boards.
at #5 Maryland 98, UMBC 56 2
Sophomore Carlee Cassidy hit five three-pointers en route to a game-high 24 points... Senior Morgan Hatten finished with four thefts and five assists.
at Kansas 71, Boston University 57 (Sunflower/ESPN360)
The Terriers blocked a season-high nine shots, including senior Kasey Devine's five rejections... Junior Jesyka Burks-Wiley duplicated her 20-point, nine-rebound performance against VCU with the same against the Jayhawks.
at Robert Morris 66, Vermont 54
The Catamounts, who faced the nation's leading scorer earlier this season, held the second-leading scorer to 15 points... Sophomore May Kotsopoulos scored a team-high 17 points.
Toledo 61, Maine 57 4
Senior Kris Younan put together a six-assists, three-steals night... Sophomore Brittany Boser and freshman Emily Rousseau each posted a team-high 16 points... The Black Bears continued their turnover woes, turning the ball over 24 times.
Saturday, December 29
Rhode Island 56, Stony Brook 55 3
A Rams layup with 20 seconds left in the game gave Rhode Island the victory... Rookie Kirsten Jeter led the Seawolves with 14 points and four rebounds.
St. Bonaventure 71, at Binghamton 65
Senior center Laine Kurpniece, the America East Player of the Game scored a team-high 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds... Junior Laura Franceski canned a career-high 19 points while blocking five shots, tied for a league game high.
Maine 55, at Miami (Fla.) 54 4
It is the second time in two years that Maine has defeated an ACC team in a regular season tournament... Freshmen Emily Rousseau posted a team-high 12 points, two assists and a block.
#1 Connecticut 70, Hartford 24 (CPTV)
The 24 points is the lowest scoring output in the history of the Hawks program... Senior Jamie McCabe finished with a team-high nine points... The Huskies have only been held to 70 or fewer points one other time this season.
2 University of Maryland Terrapin Classic (College Park, Md.)
3 Lehigh Tournament (Bethlehem, Pa.)
4 University of Miami Tournament (Coral Gables, Fla.)
Upcoming Action
Wednesday, January 2
Colgate at Vermont 7 p.m.
The Catamounts ran away with a 84-53 win in the 2006 match-up... After a slow start due to injury, sophomore May Kotsopoulos is averaging 18.3 points in the last three games and shooting 63.3 percent from the floor and 61.5 percent from three-point range.
Saturday, January 5
* Albany at New Hampshire 1 p.m.
The Great Danes and Wildcats split the regular season series last season, while Albany brought home a win in the first round of the America East Championship.
* Hartford at Boston University (AE Zone) 1 p.m.
Will be streamed live on America East Zone at www.AmericaEast.com... The Hawks won both regular season games last season, but both teams are looking to rebound from non-conference losses last weekend.
* Vermont at Stony Brook 2 p.m.
The last game between the Catamounts and the Seawolves was an overtime thriller that went in Stony Brook's favor, 96-87... SBU senior Dana Ferraro leads the conference in rebounding (9.1 rpg), while Vermont has two of the top-five scorers in America East (Amy Rosenkrantz, Courtnay Pilypaitis).
* UMBC at Maine (WABI) 7 p.m.
Maine, 2-2 in the last four games, took home wins in both games last season... UMBC sophomore Carlee Cassidy is averaging 22.5 points in the last two games.
* - America East Conference Game