Rider's Robin Perkins & Saint Peter's Zoe Pero Named LifeStorage MAAC Women's Basketball Weekly Award Winners
MAAC Sports
Player of the Week
Robin Perkins, Rider
Sr., G, Willingboro, NJ/Trenton Catholic
Senior guard Robin Perkins scored a career-high 33 points, including the 1,000th of her collegiate career, against league leading Quinnipiac on Friday. Perkins made 12-of-17 field-goal attempts, including 5-of-8 from long range, while also grabbing five rebounds, dishing out two assists, and swiping two steals in 32 minutes. For the year, Perkins is now averaging 16.9 points per game, good for third in the MAAC. Her 80.6 percent shooting from the free-throw line ranks second, while her 37.3 percent from long range ranks 10th.
Rookie of the Week
Zoe Pero, Saint Peter’s
Fr., F, Secacus, NJ/St. John Vianney
Freshman forward Zoe Pero helped lead Saint Peter’s to a 78-66 conference win over Niagara on Friday. The victory was the second straight MAAC win and the Peacocks improved to 2-1 in the conference, their best start under head coach Pat Coyle. Pero posted her career-best of 18 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Peacocks. She shot 10-of-11 (90.9%) from the free-throw line and went 4-of-7 (57.1%) from the field. Pero also led the team with three blocks and added three assists (both career-highs) for Saint Peter’s.