Marist’s Hand and Quinnipiac’s Morris Collect MAAC Pepsi Zero Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Marist’s Hand and Quinnipiac’s Morris Collect MAAC Pepsi Zero Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners

Marist’s Hand and Quinnipiac’s Morris Collect MAAC Pepsi Zero Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners

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Player of the Week
Rebekah Hand, Marist
Sr., Argyle, TX/Liberty Christian School
Rebekah Hand led Marist in scoring during a 3-0 week, averaging 23.3 points on 56.8 percent shooting and 4.7 assists. She helped Marist take first place in Tuesday's win over Rider with a team-best 20 points, 10 of which came from the foul line, five rebounds, and five assists. In Thursday's win against Canisius, she posted 18 points and tied for the team lead with seven assists, all while recording zero turnovers. In one of the best games in a Marist uniform, she dropped a career-high tying 32 points on 14-17 shooting, an 82.4 percentage, against Siena on Sunday. The 14 field goals are the second-most by a Red Fox in a single game in program history, while the 32 points ties her own benchmark for 10th-most. The senior's 1,885 points ranks second all-time in program history and 12th in the MAAC. This season, she ranks second in the conference with 18.0 points per game, a .527 field goal percentage, a .407 three-point percentage, and an .857 free throw percentage.
 
Rookie of the Week
Mikala Morris, Quinnipiac
Fr., Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge
Morris averaged 11 points and four rebounds for the Bobcats in a 1-1 week. The first year shot 47 percent from the field on the week that was highlighted by a 15-point outing against Niagara.
 
About the 2020 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 10-14, 2020 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit maacsports.com/basketball and follow @MAACHoops on Twitter.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 39th year of competition during the 2019-20 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.