BOSTON – The NJIT Highlanders remained perfect in conference play, defeating Binghamton on the road in their lone game last week.
#AEHoops Notes
- The Highlanders’ 3-0 start to conference play is the program’s best in the Division I era.
- The team has won four in a row and their eight wins are the most since the 2016-17 season.
- Stony Brook (11-2, 2-1) topped Maine on Sunday in a rematch of the 2021 #AEHoops title game.
- It was the Seawolves’ first win in Bangor since 2014.
- UAlbany won its fifth-straight game Saturday, opening conference play with a 50-39 win over New Hampshire.
- The Great Danes are a perfect 7-0 in their home building.
- Vermont won its first league game of the season last Wednesday, topping UNH on the road behind 17 points from Josie Larkins.
- Stony Brook became the first #AEHoops program to beat two Power-5 teams in the same season since Maine beat LSU and Clemson in 2015-16.
- The Seawolves have the best non-conference record (9-1) since the 2019-20 Seawolves started 12-1.
- The Seawolves ranked seventh in last week’s College Insider Mid Major Top 25.
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2021-22 Weekly Award Winners (Jan. 10)
Player of the Week
Lyzi Litwinko, NJIT – So., Guard, Berlin, Conn.
- Recorded her third career double-double, leading the Highlanders to victory over the Bearcats with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
- Went 9-for-13 from the field for a 69 percent success rate.
- Litwinko dished out a pair of assists and did not turn the ball over.
- This is her first career Player of the Week honor.
Rookie of the Week
Genevieve Coleman, Binghamton – Fr., Forward, Owego, N.Y.
- Notched 12 points and six rebounds in her first conference game.
- Coleman shot 63 percent from the field and made two of her three attempts from beyond the arc, both within the closing minutes.
- Also dished out a pair of assists.
- This is her second Rookie of the Week honor this season.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 15 – Player of the Week: Anastasia Warren, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Genevieve Coleman, Binghamton
Nov. 22 – Player of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Bailey Wilborn, Maine
Nov. 29 – Player of the Week: Gigi Gonzalez, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Ella Wanzer, Binghamton
Dec. 6 – Player of the Week: Emma Utterback, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Lilly Phillips, UAlbany
Dec. 13 – Player of the Week: Helene Haegerstrand, UAlbany; Rookie of the Week: Erin Turral, Stony Brook
Dec. 20 – Player of the Week: Anne Simon, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Freja Werth, UAlbany
Dec. 27 – Player of the Week: Delaney Richason, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Catherine Gilwee, Vermont
Jan. 3 – Player of the Week: Kenna Squier, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Trinity Williams, NJIT
Jan. 10 – Player of the Week: Lyzi Litwinko, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Genevieve Coleman, Binghamton
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