CAMBRIDGE,
Mass. - For the
second-straight week, Albany senior Ebone Henry captured America East women's
basketball Player of the Week honors, while Maine's Liz Wood was named Rookie
of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Henry (San Diego, Calif.) earned her third Player of the Week
honor this season after leading the conference in scoring the week, averaging
22.5 points per game in wins over Stony Brook and Binghamton. She also averaged
5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists, while shooting 48.4 percent from the floor,
including 46.2-percent from 3-point range and 90.0-percent from the free throw
line. On the road at Stony Brook, Henry scored a game-high 23 points,
along with five rebounds, three assists, and a steal. At home against
Binghamton at the 16th Annual Big Purple Growl, Henry scored 22 points while
also recording six boards, four assists, and two steals. Henry helped the Great
Danes to a 16-for-18 performance from the free throw line, going 6-for-6 in the
game.
Wood (Catlett, Va.) earned her third-straight Rookie of the
Week award after averaging 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0
steals per game. She led all freshmen for the week in scoring and rebounding,
while also recording her fifth and sixth-straight games in double figures. Wood
started the week with 12 points, three rebounds and two steals against New
Hampshire. The freshman followed that with her fourth double-double of the
season, scoring 19 points while grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds to go with
four assists against UMBC. She shot 41.2-percent from the floor, including
40-percent from 3-point range for the week.
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 beat New Hampshire Saturday
to sweep the season series, marking the first time the Seawolves have swept an
opponent since 2010-11. 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 1,539 career points... Boston U's
Chantell Alford became the school's all-time career 3-point leader with 220
career made 3-pointers... Albany's 18-3 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 11 wins are the
most for the team since the 2006-07 season... Albany has an average margin of
victory of 28.6 points in its first seven 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 +3.3 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)