Moon Named #AEHoops Player of the Week for Fifth Time
BOSTON – Binghamton, Maine and UMass Lowell all finished the #AEHoops regular season with 2-0 weeks and each will host a home quarterfinal game in the Hercules Tires #AEPlayoffs on Wednesday night. Regular season champion Stony Brook will also hold home court as the top seed in the postseason.
The Black Bears enter the playoffs having won eight games in a row while the Bearcats have won five-straight in their own right.
For the second-straight year the top eight teams in the standings earned 2020 Hercules Tires America East Women’s Basketball Playoffs berths with the top four teams securing home quarterfinal games.
For tickets and more information, visit Hercules Tires #AEPlayoffs Central.
Check out the full #AEHoops women’s update for league standings, scores, notes and more: #AEHoops Women’s Basketball Update
Here are the conference’s week #17 women’s basketball awards of the 2019-20 season:
Player of the Week
Kai Moon, Binghamton – Sr., Guard, Chicago, Ill.
- Averaged 24.0 points behind a 31-point performance Wednesday against UMBC.
- Scored a team-high 17 points in win over UNH to secure a home playoff game.
- This is Moon’s league-best fifth #AEHoops Player of the Week award this season.
Rookie of the Week
Anne Simon, Maine – Fr., G, Sandweiler, Luxembourg
- Averaged 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in 2-0 week for Maine.
- Recorded her third-career double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds against UMBC.
- Simon has been named Rookie of the Week a conference-best seven times this season.
2019 Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 11 – Co-Players of the Week: Kai Moon, Binghamton & Blanca Millan, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Emma Utterback, Vermont
Nov. 18 – Player of the Week: Josie Larkins, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Denai Bowman, Binghamton
Nov. 25 – Player of the Week: Kai Moon, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Lyric Swann, UMBC
Dec. 2 – Player of the Week: Kai Moon, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Helena Delaruelle, New Hampshire
Dec. 9 – Player of the Week: Ashley Storey, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Emma Utterback, Vermont
Dec. 16 – Co-Players of the Week: Dor Saar, Maine & Te’yJah Oliver, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Dec. 23 – Player of the Week: India Pagan, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Emma Utterback, Vermont
Dec. 30 – Player of the Week: Te’yJah Oliver, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Denise Solis, UMass Lowell
Jan. 6 – Player of the Week: India Pagan, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Jan. 13 – Player of the Week: Hanna Crymble, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Carmen Villalobos, Hartford
Jan. 20 – Player of the Week: Hanna Crymble, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Jan. 27 – Player of the Week: Te’yJah Oliver, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Lyric Swann, UMBC
Feb. 3 – Co-Players of the Week: India Pagan, Stony Brook & Karlee Krchnavi, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Feb. 10 – Player of the Week: Maeve Carroll, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Feb. 17 – Player of the Week: Kai Moon, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
Feb. 24 – Player of the Week: Maddy McVicar, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Helene Haegerstrand, UAlbany
Mar. 2 – Player of the Week: Kai Moon, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine
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