Wentworth, VandeBovenkamp Claim Women's Basketball Weekly Awards

Wentworth, VandeBovenkamp Claim Women's Basketball Weekly Awards

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MAAC Women's Basketball Weekly Report (1-17)

MAAC Player of the Week

ABBY WENTWORTH, MANHATTAN

Senior, Guard, 5-9, Portland, ME/Catherine McAuley

Wentworth averaged 21.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 4.3 steals last week, as the Lady Jaspers notched road wins over Saint Peter's, Rider and Fairfield.  She shot .415 from the field, .500 from three-point range, and .857 at the free throw line in the three games.  In the win over Saint Peter's on Monday, Wentworth had 21 points, five assists and four boards.  She also went 11-for-13 at the free throw line to preserve the 58-44 victory over the Peahens.  On Thursday afternoon against Rider, Wentworth notched 24 points, one shy of her career-high, and added six steals and three assists, as Manhattan cruised to a 71-43 win.  Then at Fairfield on Sunday, Wentworth tallied 19 points and six steals to lead the Lady Jaspers to their fourth straight victory, a 52-44 triumph.


MAAC Rookie of the Week

COURTNEY VANDEBOVENKAMP, CANISIUS

Freshman, Forward, 6-1, Amherstburg, Ontario/General Amherstburg

VandeBovenkamp averaged 6.7 points and 7.7 rebounds in three games last week to go along with six assists. The 6-foot-1 forward scored eight points in two of the games, shooting 40 percent overall and 50 percent from behind the arc. VandeBovenkamp had 14 rebounds in the win over Siena, the most rebounds by a Canisius freshman since Maggie Guidry had 16 rebounds twice during the 1996-97 season.