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McDaniel's Nichols Named Player of the Week

McDaniel's Nichols Named Player of the Week

Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Junior, Guard, 5-9
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's

Nichols led the Green Terror to a 71-50 win at Hollins on Saturday with her fourth 20-point game of the season.  The junior guard scored 23 points and recorded four rebounds and two steals. She made three of five shots from beyond the arc on her way to shooting 42.9 percent from the field.

 

Notebook:

Haverford senior Jacquelyne Pizzuto led all scorers with 15 points and dished out eight assists in Haverford's 69-66 loss to Washington and Lee. Pizzuto's eight assists in the game tied her season-high. She also did not turn the ball over against the Generals.

 

Previous Weekly Award Winners:

December 22, 2014
Nicole Pepe, Muhlenberg
Senior, Guard, 5-11
Valley Cottage, N.Y./Academy of the Holy Angels (N.J.)

Pepe scored nine points in the first six minutes and went on to tie a career high with 19 points in only 19 minutes in the Mules' 82-51 win against Washington College.
She tied a school record by going 4-for-4 from three-point range and finished 6-for-7 from the field.

December 15, 2014
Sierra Berkel, Haverford
Freshman, Forward, 5-10
Flushing, N.Y. / Townsend Harris

Berkel recorded her second straight double-double with her 10 point, 11 rebound performance in the Fords' 53-52 win over Immaculata on Saturday. In 19 minutes, the freshman grabbed a season-high six offensive rebounds. Berkel made five of her seven attempts during the game and is now shooting 75.0 percent from the floor this season.  She currently leads the Conference in field goal percentage.

 

December 8, 2014
Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Junior, Guard, 5-9
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's

Nichols led the Green Terror to a 3-0 week in Conference play by averaging a team-best 19.3 points per game. She reached double figures in all three games, including scoring no fewer than 22 in two of the three games. She also added five total steals and five assists while pulling down eight rebounds and shooting 46.5 percent from the floor.



December 1, 2014
Elle Larsen, Swarthmore
Senior, Forward, 6-0
Lancaster, Pa. / Hempfield

Larsen recorded a double-double by scoring a career-high 30 points and grabbing 14 rebounds at Ursinus on Tuesday. She ended the week leading the Conference in
scoring (21.6 ppg) and rebounding (9.8 pg) while also ranking among the league leaders in field goal percentage by shooting 51.0 percent from the floor.

 

November 24, 2014
Jacquelyne Pizzuto, Haverford
Senior, Guard, 5-3
Belle Mead, N.J. / Rutgers Preparatory School

As the Fords trailed the No. 8 Scranton Royals by 20 points with 12:46 remaining, Pizzuto scored 10 of her 16 points down the stretch as Haverford cut its deficit to five in the waning moments of a close loss. She finished the night with six assists, four rebounds and a steal while also becoming the program's all-time record holder in assists. In Haverford's Centennial Conference win over Dickinson, Pizzuto was all over the stat sheet. She registered 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals against the Red Devils.

 

November 17, 2014
Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Junior, Guard, 5-9
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's

Nichols led the Green Terror to the McDaniel Tipoff Tournament championship. She averaged 22.0 points per game and shot 45.5 percent from the field and 62.5 from beyond the arc. Nichols tallied a then-career best 19 points in Saturday's 79-47 win over Penn State-Harrisburg before bettering that total with 25 points in a 74-59 win over Mount St. Vincent on Sunday. She added 11 rebounds on Sunday for her first collegiate double-double.