MAAC Pepsi Zero Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards go to Manhattan’s Warley and Quinnipiac’s Morris
MAAC Pepsi Zero Women’s Basketball Weekly Awards go to Manhattan’s Warley and Quinnipiac’s Morris
Player of the Week
Courtney Warley, Manhattan
Jr., West Chester, PA/Bishop Shanahan
Warley earned two-straight 20-point games in the Jaspers' sweep of their annual Western New York trip, the first time Manhattan has gone 2-0 upstate under Head Coach Heather Vulin. In Manhattan's win over Canisius on Feb. 20, Warley scored a career-high 23 points and added 12 rebounds, including 10 on the defensive glass, for her sixth double-double of the season. Warley scored 17 of her points in the first half, including all 11 of Manhattan's points in the second-quarter of the seven-point victory. She also went 9-9 from the free throw line. Two days later in the Jaspers' win over Niagara, Warley shot 83.3 percent on her way to a 21-point day. For the week, Warley shot nearly 71 percent, while adding 9.0 boards, 3.0 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.5 steals per game, with a 1.2 assist/turnover ratio.
Rookie of the Week
Mikala Morris, Quinnipiac
Fr., Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge
Morris had a tremendous offensive week for the Bobcats, scoring in double figures twice and averaging 13.5 points per game while pulling down 15 rebounds (7.5/game). The Ohio native had 15 points and nine rebounds against Fairfield on Saturday, two days after tallying 12 and six in a loss to Rider on Thursday night. The first year shot 60 percent from the field in the two games, going 12-20 from the floor overall.
About the 2020 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
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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.