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McDaniel's Nichols Selected Player of the Week

McDaniel's Nichols Selected Player of the Week

 


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.

 

Notebook:

Gettysburg freshman Emily Gibbons averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week for the Bullets. Gibbons opened the week by posting season highs of 24 points and 10 rebounds in a 64-53 victory over Johns Hopkins. She tallied 15 of her points in the second half. Gibbons finished the week with five points and three rebounds in a 53-42 victory at Washington.

Swarthmore senior Elle Larsen led the Garnet to a 1-1 week after averaging 28.5 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting 61.8 from the field. She contributed 25 points and eight rebounds in a 62-55 road win over Neumann before recording her third double-double of the season against Dickinson. Larsen netted a career-high 32 points and grabbed 11 boards against the Red Devils.

Ursinus junior Jessica Porada averaged 17.0 points and 15.5 rebounds per game and shot 45.7 percent from the floor to lead the Bears to a 1-1 week.

 

Previous Weekly Award Winners:

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.