Allenspach, VandeBovenkamp Earn Player of the Week Honors
MAAC Sports
MAAC Women's Basketball Weekly Report (12-27)
Player of the Week
ERICA
ALLENSPACH, MARIST
Senior,
Guard, 5-8, Miamisburg, OH/Miamisburg
Allenspach was named Duel
in the Desert Tournament MVP after she scored a career-high 34 points to help
Marist to the championship in a 78-70 win over Houston on Monday. Her point
total tied for fifth on the program's single game list. Allenspach scored 15
first half points to help the Red Foxes to a 14-point advantage at the
intermission. She sank a season-high six field goals in the first half and
tallied a career-high 11 makes in the game. With five minutes to play in the
first half, Allenspach scored the final five points of a 7-0 Marist run to put
the Red Foxes up by 12, 30-18. With 1:26 to play, she hit a pair of free throws
to put the Marist lead back to 10 and keep Houston at arms-length in the final
minutes of the contest.
Rookie of the Week
COURTNEY VANDEBOVENKAMP, CANISIUS
Freshman,
Forward, 6-1, Amherstburg, Ontario/General Amherst
VandeBovenkamp led Canisius with 19 points and
six rebounds in 25 minutes at Bowling Green on Monday. The 6-foot-1 forward set
a career high in scoring against the Falcons, going 5-for-6 from the floor and
9-for-9 from the free-throw line. VandeBovenkamp recorded six or more rebounds
for the fourth time and also didn't commit a turnover for the first time this
season.