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Muhlenberg's Tallamy Named Player of the Week

Muhlenberg's Tallamy Named Player of the Week

 

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

Tallamy averaged 22.3 points and 12.0 rebounds in a 3-0 week for the Mules. She shot 57.6 percent from the field and 93.5 percent from the line, scoring 67 points in only 72 minutes of playing time. Tallamy recorded double-doubles in all three games to extend her streak of double-doubles to a school-record nine.

Notebook:

Haverford freshman Sierra Berkel recorded two double-doubles this week, giving her five this season. Her 11 rebounds against Gettysburg and Dickinson tied her career high. For the week, the freshman shot 12-of-21 from the floor (57.1 percent) including 10-of-15 (66.7 percent) against the Fords' two Centennial Conference foes. Berkel now leads the conference in field goal percentage (62.9 percent) and ranks seventh in rebounds per game (7.2).

Swarthmore senior Elle Larsen led the Garnet to a 1-2 week by averaging 19.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.0 steals, 2.3 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. She most notably netted 24 points and shot 62.5 percent from the field while also contributing three steals in a 69-66 come-from-behind win over Gettysburg. Larsen ended the weekend ranked first in the league in scoring, third in rebounding, sixth in field goal percentage, and sixth in blocked shots.

 

Previous Weekly Award Winners:

January 12, 2015
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.

 

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.