Quinnipiac’s DeWees and Monmouth’s Kranbuhl Named Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Quinnipiac’s DeWees and Monmouth’s Kranbuhl Named Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Mackenzie DeWees, Quinnipiac
Jr., Westminster, MD/Manchester Valley
DeWees once again led Quinnipiac to a weekend sweep with two well-rounded efforts against Monmouth. The junior averaged 15 points per game, including a 20-point effort on Saturday afternoon. DeWees shot a stellar 12-22 from the field while adding 12 rebounds, eight steals, and five assists (zero turnovers).
The Maryland native reached the 500-point, 300-rebound, and 150-assist milestone in the sweep.
Rookie of the Week
Belle Kranbuhl, Monmouth
Fr., Boonville, NY/Adirondack Central
In three games this week, freshman Belle Kranbuhl averaged 12.0 points and 9.3 rebounds. She registered two double-doubles, including 16 and 12 in the win over Siena and 10 and 10 at Quinnipiac. Kranbuhl shot 60.7% from the floor and also added 10 blocks.
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 9-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
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) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 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.