CAMBRIDGE,
Mass. – After leading
their teams to perfect 2-0 records, Boston University junior Rashidat Agboola
was named America East women’s basketball Player of the Week, while Albany
freshman Shereesha Richards earned Rookie of the Week honors, the conference
office announced Monday.
Agboola (Methuen, Mass.) averaged 15.0 points and 9.0 rebounds to
go with 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in a 2-0 week for the Terriers. She started
the week with 17 points and eight rebounds in a win over Stony Brook, going
6-of-6 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free throw line with a career-high
three steals. The junior followed that with 13 points and 10 rebounds at
Binghamton for her seventh double-double of the season. Agboola finished fifth
in the conference in scoring, first in rebounding and third in field goal
percentage, shooting 76.9-percent for the week.
Richards (Oceanview, N.J.) earned her sixth America East Rookie
of the Week award, helping the Great
Danes to a 2-0 week, averaging 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 1.0
assists per game, while shooting 81.8 percent from the floor. In a win at home
over UMBC, Richards scored a game-high 22 points while also grabbing six boards,
and recording five steals and two assists. She shot 6-of-8 from the floor and
10-for-13 from the charity stripe. In a win on the road at Maine, Richards
chipped in with six points and four rebounds, while also coming up with two
steals. The rookie shot a perfect 3-for-3 against the Black Bears. Richards
leads all freshmen in scoring at 9.4 points per game, ranks second in
rebounding at 5.8 per game, and is first in the conference in shooting at 60
percent.
America East Notes (In 140 characters
or less #AEHoops)
Albany
is the lone unbeaten team in the America East. The last team to go undefeated
in league play was Hartford in 2009-10… Stony Brook swept New Hampshire,
marking the first time the Seawolves have swept an opponent since 2010-11…
Albany and Boston U. reached the 20-win plateau for the second-straight season…
Boston U. head coach Kelly Greenberg earned her 250th career win vs. UMBC…
Albany’s Ebone Henry became the program’s all-time leading scorer with 21 points
vs. Vermont. She has 1,562 career points… Albany’s 20-3 start is the best for
any America East team since Hartford was 27-3 in 2009-10… Hartford has had
eight different players lead the team in scoring this season… Stony Brook’s 12
wins are the most for the team since the 2006-07 season… Albany has an average
margin of victory of 29.5 points in its first 11 conference games… Only three
teams in league history have lost their conference openers and gone on to win
the America East title… Binghamton’s win over Hartford was the first for the
Bearcats over the Hawks at the Events Center since Feb. 23, 2005… Boston U.
beat No. 17/15 St. John’s, marking the 1st non-conference win over a ranked
team for the America East since 2009… Stony
Brook has a +3.7 rebounding margin. The Seawolves have not finished the year
with a positive rebounding margin since 2006-07 (+1.0).
2012-13 America East Women’s Basketball Weekly
Award Winners
Nov. 12 – Player of the Week: Chantell
Alford (Boston U); Rookie of the Week: Morgan Murphy (Binghamton)
Nov. 19 – Player of the Week: Chantell Alford
(Boston U); Rookie of the Week: Brittany Snow (Stony Brook)
Nov. 26 – Player of the Week: Megan Craig
(Albany); Rookie of the Week: Katie Roth (Hartford)
Dec. 3 – Player of the Week: Chantell Alford
(Boston U); Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)
Dec. 10 – Player of the Week: Chikilra
Goodman (Stony Brook); Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Dec. 17 – Player of the Week: Chantell Alford
(Boston U);Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Dec. 24 – Player of the Week: Ebone Henry (Albany);Rookie
of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Dec. 31 – Player of the Week: Mo Moran (Boston
U);Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)
Jan. 7 – Player of the Week: Rashidat
Agboola (Boston U); Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Jan. 14 – Player of the Week: Morgan Frame
(New Hampshire); Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Jan. 21 – Player of the Week: Chantell Alford
(Boston U.); Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)
Jan. 28 – Player of the Week: Ebone Henry
(Albany); Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)
Feb. 4 – Player of the Week: Ebone Henry
(Albany); Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)
Feb. 11 – Player of the Week: Rashidat
Agboola (Boston U.); Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)