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Muhlenberg's Tallamy Selected Player of the Week

Muhlenberg's Tallamy Selected Player of the Week

Leanna Tallamy, Muhlenberg
Senior, Forward, 5-11
Wantage, N.J. / High Point Regional

Tallamy averaged 18.5 points and 13.5 rebounds while shooting 53.8 percent from the field as Muhlenberg beat two teams that came into the week undefeated. She had 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in a 74-67 win against McDaniel (10-1). In a 47-46 win at Gettysburg (10-1), she scored the Mules' final 10 points - including the game-winning basket with 27.8 seconds left.  Tallamy finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds against the Bullets to extend her double-double streak to six.

 

Notebook:

On Saturday against Washington College, Franklin and Marshall senior Leslie Bacile knocked down the game-tying 3-pointer with two seconds left to send the game into overtime where the Diplomats eventually prevailed 69-63. The senior guard finished with a career-high 15 points and dished out three assists.

Washington College sophomore Ali Grundy averaged 15.5 points and 4.5 assists per game and shot 53.3 percent from three-point range in a pair of games for the Shorewomen this past week. In a 65-47 win over Dickinson on January 7th, she handed out a career-high and game-best seven assists to go along with 12 points in the win.  At Franklin & Marshall on January 10th, she scored a game-high and personal-best 19 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-7 from behind the arc.

Haverford senior Elizabeth Lynch recorded 16 points, six rebounds and a block in the Fords' 51-47 victory over Johns Hopkins. The senior also went 4-of-9 from beyond the arc, tying her season best. Lynch was all over the court in Haverfords' 61-57 loss to McDaniel. She scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out a career-high six assists and snagged four steals in the loss.

Gettysburg junior Jessica Porter averaged 17.3 points and eight rebounds per game in a 2-1 week for Gettysburg. She opened the week by being named to the Gettysburg All-Tournament Team after averaging 15 points and six rebounds per game in victories over Hood (56-41) and Neumann (64-56). Porter netted a season-high 22 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds as Gettysburg suffered a one-point loss to Muhlenberg (47-46) on Saturday. For the week, she shot 46.8 percent from the floor and canned a team-high six three-pointers.

 

Previous Weekly Award Winners:

January 5, 2015
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.


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.