Taylor Benjamin, Alfred State College, Women's Basketball
Benjamin led the Pioneers last week after averaging 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.0 assists, while shooting 50% from the field. She opened her week with a 15 point game against Hilbert, while also adding seven assists, four rebounds, and three steals. She followed with a double-double against La Roche where she tallied 16 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alfred State G Taylor Benjamin led the Pioneers last week after averaging 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.0 assists, while shooting 50% from the field. She opened her week with a 15 point game against Hilbert, while also adding seven assists, four rebounds, and three steals. She followed with a double-double against La Roche where she tallied 16 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists.
BEST OF THE REST: PS-Altoona F Avana Sayles had a strong all-around week for the Lions, helping her team go 2-0 in AMCC road games, as she notched her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 14 rebounds to go along with four steals and a block in Wednesday night's victory at Pitt-Greensburg, she then totaled 16 points, six steals, four rebounds, three assists, and three blocks in a win at Hilbert...La Roche G Jazmine Dunn had a solid week for the Redhawks as they went 3-0, including 2-0 during AMCC play, as she averaged 14.3 points per game and collected a total of 12 rebounds (4 rpg), 17 assists (5.7 apg), eight steals (2.7 spg) and three blocks (1.0 bpg), while also recording an 8.5 a/to ratio for the week...Hilbert F Kelsey Schlagenhauf recorded her first double-double of the season on Saturday against Penn State Altoona, with 11 points and 12 rebounds along with two assists and one block...PS-Behrend G Julia Balaski came off the bench to tie a career high with 14 points, while adding five rebounds and two steals in the conference-opening win against Pitt-Greensburg on Saturday...Carlow F Nina Cano led the Celtics with 18 points, five rebounds and two blocks in a 76-64 loss to Hood College Saturday...Pitt-Greensburg F Tiana Moracco averaged a double-double with 17 points and 10.5 rebounds while playing every minute of the Bobcats two games this week, she shot 13-for-15 from the free-throw line, shooting over 86 percent...Pitt-Bradford G/F Paige Gratto recorded a double-double in the Panthers' loss to Mount Aloysius in the AMCC Game of the Week, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.