Leanna Tallamy, Muhlenberg
Senior, Forward, 5-11
Wantage, N.J. / High Point Regional
Tallamy averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 51.6
percent from the field as Muhlenberg posted double-digit wins
against the last two Centennial Conference champions, clinching a
playoff berth in the process. Tallamy stepped up with the game on
the line in both games by scoring 28 of her 40 total points in the
second half to help the Mules extend small halftime leads. She
followed up a 19-point, 8-rebound performance against Haverford by
recording her 14th double-double of the season with 21 points and
12 rebounds to go along with five steals against Gettysburg.
Notebook:
Washington College senior Emily Hubley averaged
13 points, 9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4 steals per game in a 2-0
week for the Shorewomen. In the 52-50 win at Swarthmore, she canned
the winning basket with 1:34 left in the game. On Saturday in a
69-55 victory over Franklin & Marshall, she recorded a
double-double, her second of the season, with 15 points and 11
rebounds to go along with six steals.
Haverford senior Jacquelyne Pizzuto recorded 11
points and five assists in Haverford's 50-47 defeat to McDaniel on
Saturday. The game was the 100th of her career, making her one of
only five players in program history to achieve the mark.
Saturday's contest was also the 12th game of the season for Pizzuto
with at least five assists. It was also the sixth time this year in
which she did record a turnover.
McDaniel senior Steph Perez hit a program
record-tying seven 3-pointers on her way to tallying a season-high
23 points in a win over St. Mary’s (Md) last Monday.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
February 2, 2015
Lindsey Nichols, McDaniel
Junior, Guard, 5-9
Wilmington, Del. / St. Mark's
Nichols averaged 23.7 points per game to lead the Green Terror to a 3-0 week. She reset her career high with 29 points in a 67-58 win at Johns Hopkins on Tuesday before matching that total two nights later in a 74-66 win at Washington College. In a battle for first place on Saturday, she tallied 13 points in a 63-52 win over Muhlenberg. She shot 38.9 percent from the field for the week, including hitting 12 of 28 3-point attempts (42.9 percent). She also went 17-for-22 from the free-throw line and added 13 rebounds, five assists, seven steals and two blocked shots.
January 26, 2015
Laura Gregory, Muhlenberg
Senior, Forward, 5-11
New Providence, N.J. / New Providence
Gregory averaged a double-double (11.5 points and 11.0 rebounds) and shot 52.4 percent from the field as Muhlenberg defeated Ursinus and Johns Hopkins to extend its winning streak to eight. After just missing her first career double-double against Ursinus, finishing with 9 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, Gregory got it against Hopkins by scoring a career-high 14 points and snagging 11 rebounds. She also had four assists, two steals, and a block in the two games.
January 19, 2015
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.
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.