Grimme and Martin Earn First Women's Basketball Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Player of the Week
Kayla Grimme, Manhattan
So., C, 6-2, Altoona, PA/Altoona Area
Grimme nearly had a triple-double in the Jaspers’ season-opening 85-78 win at Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 14. She finished with 11 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, including 10 on the offensive glass, for her fifth career double-double. Grimme also had a career-high seven blocks, one shy of the single-game program record, as Manhattan established a new school mark with 13 total blocks in the victory.
Rookie of the Week
Brittany Martin, Quinnipiac
Fr., G, 5-6, Sicklerville, NJ /Timber Creek
Brittany Martin finished with 16 points, two rebounds and one assist in 29 minutes at Army West Point. Starting in her first career game, Martin finished 4-for-8 from the floor, 2-for-3 from three and 6-for-6 at the free throw line on the way to her 16-point game. Martin’s 16 points represent the most points scored by a QU freshman in their first game as a Bobcat since her sister Jasmine Martin ’15 posted 20 back on Nov. 11, 2011.