CAMBRIDGE,
Mass. – After leading
the University at Albany women’s basketball team to a 2-0 week and a perfect
16-0 mark in America East play, center Megan Craig and forward Shereesha
Richards swept the final America East weekly awards for the 2012-13 season.
Craig (Whangerei, New Zealand) earned her second America East
Player of the Week honor after helping the Great Danes complete the seventh
unbeaten season in America East history and the first since 2008-09, averaging
16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 66.7 percent from
the floor and 71.4 percent from the free throw line in two Albany wins. Craig
was third in the conference in scoring for the week, second in field goal
percentage and first in blocks. She led Albany back from its largest halftime
deficit of the season against New Hampshire, scoring 20 points on 9-of-14
shooting while adding five rebounds, one steal and one block. She followed that
with 13 points of 5-of-7 shooting along with three blocks in Albany’s win over
Stony Brook.
Richards (Oceanview, N.J.) earned her seventh America East
Rookie of the Week honor averaging 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. She
shot a conference-best 71.4 percent from the floor, while also recording two
steals in each game. In a win on the road at New Hampshire, Richards was just
short of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, shooting 4-of-6 from
the floor. In the regular-season finale against Stony Brook at home, the rookie
totaled 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting, with five rebounds, and two steals.
America East Notes (In 140 characters
or less #AEHoops)
Albany
completed the seventh unbeaten season in America East history, going 16-0 in
conference play… The Great Danes won the regular season and are the No. 1 seed
for the first time in program history… Boston U. has made 206 3-point field
goals this season, which is tied for the third-most in a single season in
conference history… Albany’s 48.6 points allowed per game is the best in
conference history… Albany’s 25-3 record is the best for any America East team
since Hartford went 27-3 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… Hartford has had eight different players lead the team in
scoring this season… Stony Brook’s 14 wins are the most for the team since the
2006-07 season… Albany had an average margin of victory of 23.8 points in its
16 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 +3.8 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)
Feb. 25 – Player of the Week: Lindsey Lowrie
(Albany) & Chantell Alford (Boston U.); Rookie of the Week: Lauren Bodine
(Maine)
March 2 – Player of the Week: Megan Craig
(Albany); Rookie of the Week: Shereesha Richards (Albany)