Geehan, Stroman Win Women's Basketball Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC Women's Basketball Weekly Report (12-7)
MAAC Player of the
Week
STEPHANIE GEEHAN,
FAIRFIELD
Senior, Center, 6-2, Braintree, MA/Braintree
Geehan averaged 24.5 points
and 16.0 rebounds in two contests this week, while also dishing out seven
assists, blocking six shots and recording four steals. She scored a career-high
33 points at George Mason, the fourth-highest single-game total in program history, shooting 10-17 from the field. She knocked down 11-11 at the line, also
a career-high, and one of the top single-game performances in Stags history.
Geehan also pulled in 17 boards, seven on the offensive glass in the game at
Mason, and added four steals and three assists. She followed that with a
16-point, 15-rebound double-double at home against Mount St. Mary's. The senior
played 27 minutes in that contest without committing a turnover, while dishing
out four assists. Geehan had five blocked shots in the win over Mount. The
center was 4-6 from behind the arc, and shot 50 percent, 17-34, from the field
for the week.
MAAC Rookie of the
Week
KAYLA STROMAN, NIAGARA
Freshman, Guard, 5-5, Syracuse, NY/Christian Brothers Academy
Stroman led the Purple
Eagles in scoring in Niagara's first winning streak since February 2008. The
former CBA standout averaged 15.5 ppg, 5.0 apg, 3.5 spg and 3.0 rbp in wins over
Bucknell and Binghamton this past week. Stroman set a new career-high in points
in her seventh career game with 17 to lead the team in the 66-41 win over
Bucknell on Wednesday night. She followed that performance with a team-high 14
points and a career-high six steals, two short of a school record, in Niagara's
57-52 comeback win over the Binghamton Bearcats.