Women's Basketball

Rider’s Langan and Fairfield’s Andersen Pick Up Hercules Tires MAAC Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Honors

Player of the Week
Taylor Langan, Rider
Gr., Lake Hopatcong, NJ, Jefferson Township
 
Graduate student guard Taylor Langan scored 31 points and added 16 rebounds as the Broncs earned a non-conference win over Lehigh on Saturday. Langan scored 27 of her 31 in regulation, including the go-ahead basket with less than five seconds remaining before Lehigh sent the game to overtime tied 52-52. The Graduate student added an assist, a steal, and a block in the contest. The 31 points are the second most by a MAAC player in a game this season and the 16 rebounds are the third most by a MAAC athlete this year.
 
Rookie of the Week
Meghan Andersen, Fairfield
Fr., Wantagh, N.Y., Our Lady of Mercy Academy
 
Freshman forward Meghan Andersen led the Stags with 17 points and five rebounds in their win over Stonehill, the eighth-straight win for the Fairfield squad. Andersen shot 6-for-10 from the field and filled out the stat sheet with two 3-pointers, one assist, two blocks, and two steals.
 
 
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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