Fitz, Meyers, and Pina Named Women's Basketball Weekly Award Winners
MAAC Sports
MAAC Co-Players of the Week
RACHELE FITZ, MARIST
Junior, Forward, 6-0, Seven Hills, Ohio/Trinity
Fitz averaged 27 points per game in wins at Northeastern and Harvard this week. She opened the week with a career-high 36 points on 15-of-17 shooting from the field in a 93-65 win at Northeastern. Her 36 points is tied for the second-best single game output for a Marist player. The junior then scored 18 points and had six rebounds in a 76-63 win at Harvard. In two games this week, Fitz shot 74.1% from the field and 76.5% from the charity stripe. She also averaged 7.5 rebounds per game.
TAMMY MEYERS, RIDER
Junior, Guard/Forward, 5-9, Willingboro, NJ/Willingboro
Meyers hit a driving layup with 2.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give Rider a come from behind win at Fairleigh Dickinson November 21 by a 65-64 score...Meyers hit for a career-high 28 points including a 14-16 effort from the free throw line...Meyers made her last 13 free throws in a row in the game including six for six in overtime and recorded her second career ?double-double’ with 10 rebounds.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
DESIREE PINA, FAIRFIELD
Freshman, Guard, 5-7, Plainville, Conn./Plainville
Pina scored in double-digits on both games of the week, giving her 11 or more points in all four of her collegiate games. She averaged 13.5 points for the week, shooting 52.6 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc. Pina scored a career-high 16 points in the overtime win over Sacred Heart, hitting 6-8 from the field and 2-3 from downtown. She was perfect from the line in both games, 4-4, and is now 10-10 from the stripe for the year. Pina added five assists, three against Sacred Heart, and three steals on the week.