BOSTON, Mass. - The Albany Great Danes continue their dominance during America East play with a 3-0 start to the conference season for the third-straight year and their second-straight Player of the Week honor. The Great Danes stan alone in first place ahead of three teams at 2-1, including New Hampshire which won its first Rookie of the Week honor. Here are the week nine award winners:
Player of the Week
Shereesha Richards, Albany, Jr., F, Rae Town, Jamaica
- Led the conference in scoring and rebounding in a 2-0 week for the Great Danes, averaging 20.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
- Shot 60.7 percent from the field, good for sixth in the conference while also leading the league with 3.5 steals per game.
- Notched her league-leading sixth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds in a win over New Hampshire.
- Posted her conference-best seventh 20-point game of the year in a win ove rUMass Lowell, finishing with 26 points on 10-of-14 shooting to go with eight rebounds.
- Her 12th Player of the Week honor of her career ties is third-most in America East history.
Rookie of the Week
Carlie Pogue, New Hampshire, Fr., C, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Averaged 10.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game while shooting 52.8 percent from the floor to lead all freshmen in a 1-1 week for UNH.
- Scoring 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting and grabbed four rebounds in 21 minutes off-the-bench in a loss to Albany.
- Notched a double-double in just 21 points, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to go with two assists and a block in a win over UMBC.
Notes
- Albany has won 26-straight conference road games.
- UNH is 9-1 when scoring 60-plus points this season.
- Albany's Shereesha Richards has reached double figures in 16-straight games and has 12 career Player of the Week honors, the third-most in America East history.
- Stony Brook has out-rebounded opponents 12 times in 15 games this season.
- UNH has its best start since 2005-06 and has the best overall record in the America East at 10-5.
- Binghamton is 2-1 in America East play for the first time since starting 2-0 in 2011-12.
- Maine won at Hartford for the second-straight year, winning back-to-back road games vs. the Hawks for the first time since 2004 and 2005.
- Freshmen Jasmine Sina and Imani Watkins have accounted for 51.3% of Binghamton's scoring this season.
- Albany's Sarah Royals broke the Albany all-time assists record with six vs. UMass Lowell, giving her 381 for her career.
- The America East has three wins vs. Power 5 Conferences - 2 vs. Big Ten (Albany and Hartford def. Penn State) and one vs. ACC (Maine def. Boston College). It is the first time since 2009-10 the America East has three wins over Power 5 teams.
- The 29 points by Imani Watkins vs. Rider is the most points scored by a Bearcat player since Orla O'Reilly also scored 29 points against Siena on Nov. 15, 2011.
Weekly Awards
Nov. 17 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Imani Watkins, Binghamton
Nov. 24 - Player of the Week: Elizabeth Belanger, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Imani Watkins, Binghamton
Dec. 1 - Co-Players of the Week: Liz Wood, Maine & Imani Tate, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Jasmine Sina, Binghamton
Dec. 8 - Player of the Week: Liz Wood, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Sydney Smith, Vermont
Dec. 15 - Player of the Week: Shannon Samuels, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Sydney Smith, Vermont
Dec. 22 - Player of the Week: Kori Bayne-Walker, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Imani Watkins, Binghamton
Dec. 29 - Player of the Week: Taylor McCarley, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Jasmine Sina, Binghamton
Jan. 5 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Jasmine Sina, Binghamton
Jan. 12 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Carlie Pogue, New Hampshire