O'Connor and Rampado Picked for Women's Basketball Weekly Honors
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MAAC Offensive Player of the Week
Emma O’Connor, Marist
Sr., F, 6-0, Lynbrook, N.Y./Kellenberg
The senior forward from Lynbrook, N.Y. led the Red Foxes with a double-double in two of three games played this week, helping Marist improve to 7-1 in conference play. O’Connor posted a double-double against Iona on Jan. 13, with 14 points and 11 rebounds, just one shy of her career high on the boards. Her other double-double came on Jan. 19 against Canisius with a team-high 20 points and 10 rebounds. O’Connor recorded a team second best 15 points on Jan. 17 at Niagara. She also contributed three steals and five blocks during the week. O’Connor shot 70.4 percent from the field, 50 percent from beyond the arc, and 80 percent from the line.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
Victoria Rampado, Niagara
Fr., F, 6-2, Niagara Falls, Ont./ A.N. Myer
The Niagara Falls, Ontario native helped the Niagara Purple Eagles split their home conference weekend by sparking a second-half comeback against the Monmouth Hawks on Sunday. With Niagara trailing 22-12 to the Hawks coming out of halftime, Rampado took over and single-handedly won the game for the Purple Eagles. She scored seven straight points in the early going before contributing 14 points including the bookend baskets of a six-minute, 19-8 run that tied the game at 44-44 with less than three minutes remaining. The freshman scored 21 of her game and career-high 23 points in the second half and finished the game 9-for-13 from the floor, a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe, added two blocks and a steal. In just 16 minutes in the Kid’s Day game against Marist on Friday, she hit both opportunities from the free-throw line and pulled in seven rebounds.