Player of the Week
Sierra DeAngelo, Iona
Gr., Pittsburgh, PA, Oakland Catholic
 
Sierra DeAngelo paced the Iona women’s basketball team with 23.5 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game in a pair of contests in Florida this week. In Iona’s narrow 74-72 overtime loss to Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night, she tied her career-high with 30 points, chipping in a career-best 12 made field goals to that total. She also set a new career-high with 13 rebounds. DeAngelo’s scoring output and made field goals set a new league single-game high for the season. She followed that performance with a game-high 17 points and nine rebounds in a 71-62 setback at Stetson on Saturday. DeAngelo currently ranks sixth among league leaders in scoring with 15.5 points per game to start the season.
 
 
Rookie of the Week
Julia Corsentino, Marist
Fr., Fair Haven, NJ., Rumson-Fairhaven High School
 
Julia Corsentino was one of the most influential players on the court for the Red Foxes in the team's 84-76 OT victory over Lafayette on Nov. 15. Her first time as a starter at the collegiate level, Corsentino put up the most points in a single-game by a MAAC freshman so far this season with 23  (as Nov. 16, ties her at fourth overall in MAAC single-game scoring.) Corsentino added three steals, two assists and two rebounds to her performance against the Leopards. She was lethal on the ball with seven field goals, which includes sinking four of her six 3PT attempts. She ended the night with a .538 FG%.
 
 
The 2023-24 campaign culminates with the 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 12-16 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the fifth consecutive year dating back to 2020. For all information regarding the 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #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 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College. Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University will join the MAAC as full members in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding the conference to 13 institutions.
 
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