Player of the Week
Francesca Schiro, Siena
So, Hillsborough, NJ, Hillsborough
 
Sophomore Francesca Schiro averaged 22.3 points, 4.7 steals, and 3.3 assists per game across three contests. Schiro opened the week with 21 points, five steals, and four assists in Siena’s 82-71 season-opening win over Brown before adding 16 points and five steals in a narrow two-point loss at Maine. She saved her biggest performance for Saturday against Binghamton, pouring in a career-high six three-pointers en route to a game-high 30 points, just two shy of her career high, while adding four steals and two blocks. Schiro shot an efficient 50.0 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from beyond the arc over the three-game stretch, recording at least four steals in all three contests.
 
Rookie of the Week
Aubree Hupp, Canisius
Fr, Beaver Falls, Pa, Blackhawk
 
Canisius freshman Aubree Hupp averaged 8.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last week for the Golden Griffins, as the Blue and Gold recorded its first 2-0 start to a season since 2005-06 with wins over New Hampshire and UMass Lowell. In her first career game Nov. 5, at New Hampshire, the Beaver Falls, Pa., native scored five points but grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. She followed that effort with 12 points and seven boards in the team's home opening victory over UMass Lowell on Sunday afternoon.