BOSTON - With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, there is a tie for first place in America East women's basketball. Maine beat previously unbeaten Albany to pull the teams into a tie at 12-1 in the conference standings. The middle of the America East standings is also very even, as two games separates third from sixth.
Here are the week 14 award winners:
Player of the Week
Sigi Koizar, Maine, Jr., G, Vienna Austria
- Averaged 22.3 points on 57.8% shooting from the floor and 61.1% shooting from 3-point range in a 3-0 week for the Black Bears.
- Also added 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
- Posted 20 points on 7-11 shooting including 4-5 from 3-point range in a win over UNH.
- Went for a career-high 32 points while adding five assists and five rebounds in a win over UMass Lowell.
- Scored 15 points to go with four assists and four rebounds in a win over previously unbeaten Albany.
Rookie of the Week
Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook, Fr., F, Miami, Fla.
- Earns her ninth Rookie of the Week honors, tying her for the second-most in a single season in America East history. Hartford’s Erica Beverley holds the record with 10 in 2005-06.
- Averaged 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in two games last week.
- Had seven points and six boards in a loss to UMBC.
- Totaled 11 points, six rebounds and four blocks in a loss at New Hampshire.
- Also shot 50% from the floor.
Notes
- Three America East teams are featured in the Mid-Major Top-25 released on Feb. 9, including Albany (10), Maine (21) and Stony Brook (RV).
- According to the latest College Basketball RPI report released on Feb. 15, the America East is No. 15 among Division I conferences, an eight spot improvement from this time a year ago. Albany (53) and Maine (76) are in top 100.
- Maine handed Albany its first loss of the season and snapped the Great Danes’ 17-game conference winning streak. The Black Bears have won 18-straight at home, the seventh longest home winning streak in the nation.
- Maine and Stony Brook are the only teams to register wins over Albany in back-to-back seasons dating back to 2011-12. Albany is 71-6 during that stretch against conference opponents.
- UMBC’s Pandora Wilson and Taylor McCarley combined for 58 of the team’s 68 points as the Retrievers topped UMass Lowell, 68-52.
- Hartford won at the buzzer for the second time this week as Darby Lee hit a turnaround jumper to send the Hawks past Vermont, 52-50 in OT. Hartford has 10-straight wins over the Catamounts.
- Elizabeth Belanger notched her sixth double-double of the season as UNH topped Stony Brook at Lundholm Gym on Sunday. Belanger finished with 19 points and 10 boards.
- Maine is the only team to hold Albany to fewer than 60 points over the last two seasons, doing so three times in four games.
- Binghamton senior Kim Albrecht’s 92.1 free throw percentage is currently the highest in America East history in a single season. Maine’s Bracey Barker shot 92.0% back in 2006-07 and is the only other player to finish the season shooting better than 90%.
- Albany senior Shereesha Richards needs 9 more rebounds to become the fourth player in America East history to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. She ranks 7th all-time on the career scoring list with 2,225 points.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 16 - Player of the Week: Deanna Mayza, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Rebecca Carmody, Binghamton
Nov. 23 - Player of the Week: Imani Tate, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Nov. 30 - Player of the Week: Sigi Koizar, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Dec. 7 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Dec. 14 - Player of the Week: Imani Tate, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Dec. 21 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Dec. 28 - Player of the Week: Andreana Thomas, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Jan. 4 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Jan. 11 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Davion Wingate, Stony Brook
Jan. 18 - Player of the Week: Shereesha Richards, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Rebecca Carmody, Binghamton
Jan. 25 - Player of the Week: Liz Wood, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Davion Wingate, Stony Brook
Feb. 1 - Player of the Week: Taylor McCarley, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook
Feb. 8 - Player of the Week: Janelle Harrison, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Ashley Storey, New Hampshire
Feb. 15 - Player of the Week: Sigi Koizar, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Ogechi Anyagaligbo, Stony Brook