CAMBRIDGE,
Mass. – Hartford
sophomore guard Amber Bepko earned her first America East women’s basketball
Player of the Week honor, while Maine freshman Liz Wood was named Rookie of the
Week for the sixth time this year, the conference office announced Monday.
Bepko (Guilford, Conn.) tied for the league-lead in scoring for
the week, averaging 18.5 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Hawks. The
sophomore also averaged 3.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting
52.4-percent from the floor and 56.3-percent from 3-point range. Bepko started
the week with a career-high 21 points on seven-of-10 shooting, dishing out six
assists and connecting on five 3-pointers in a win over Maine. She followed
that with a team-high 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers in a loss to
first-place Albany.
Wood (Catlett, Va.) earned her sixth America East Rookie of
the Week award, helping the Black Bears to a 1-1 record for the week. The
freshman tied for the league-lead in scoring for the week, averaging 18.5
points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 45.8-percent from the floor. Wood had 15 points and seven rebounds in a
loss at Hartford. She followed that with 22 points and a career-high 13
rebounds on seven-of-13 shooting in a road win over Binghamton to notch her
fifth double-double of the season.
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…. Albany clinched the No. 1 seed in the
2013 America East Championship with a 69-55 win at Hartford Sunday… 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 21-3 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 13 wins
are the most for the team since the 2006-07 season… Albany has an average
margin of victory of 28.2 points in its first 12 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 +3.4 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)
Feb. 18 – Player of the Week: Amber Bepko
(Hartford); Rookie of the Week: Liz Wood (Maine)