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Old Westbury junior, Monique Joseph

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Weekly Report - Feb. 20

Old Westbury junior, Monique Joseph
Player of the Week

Monique Joseph, Old Westbury
Junior, Guard, Elmont, NY/Elmont Memorial


Helped the Panthers to the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Skyline Championship with averages of 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 6.5 steals and 4.0 assists over their final two conference victories last week...shot 21-for-34 (.618) over the stretch...collected 18 points (9-for-16 FG) to go with five rebounds, four steals and four assists Tuesday versus Yeshiva...added career-best 27 points (12-for-18 FG), nine boards, eight steals and four assists in Saturday's regular-season finale against Mount Saint Vincent.

Rookie of the Week

Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Freshman, Guard, Brooklyn, NY/St. Edmund Prep


Enters the Skyline Conference Championship with the Bears after winning seven weekly awards throughout her inaugural collegiate campaign...averaged 19.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 50 percent (15-for-30) from the floor in a 1-1 Skyline week...put up 27 points (9-for-17 FG) and corralled eight caroms versus conference-leading Mount Saint Mary...added 12 points, six boards and three assists in regular-season finale triumph over sister school St. Joseph's-Long Island.

Honor Roll

St. Joseph's-Brooklyn's Victoria Porcasi picked up her 11th 20-plus-point performance of the season Saturday with 28 markers versus St. Joseph's-Long Island...Mount Saint Mary, the No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference championship, received averages of 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per outing from junior center Kayla Cleare to run its winning streak to 14 games...Yeshiva senior forward Michal Alge (13.3 ppg, 17 rpg) picked up her 900th career rebound in the season finale Saturday night versus Purchase...USMMA sophomore Taylor Hightower shot .579 (11-for-19) from the field last week en route to 14 ppg and 10.5 rpg...Farmingdale State senior Liz Durchhalter (16 ppg) shot 9-for-20 from 3-point range in a pair of Skyline wins for the Rams.

Previous Player of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Nov. 27 - Charlotte Renker, Old Westbury
Dec. 4 - Charlotte Renker, Old Westbury
Dec. 11 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Dec. 18 - Essence Casey, Farmingdale State
Jan. 2 - Taylor Hightower, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Jan. 8 - Kaelyn Ward, Farmingdale State
Jan. 15 - Tichina Carmon, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Jan. 22 - Kaleigh D'Arcy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Jan. 29 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Feb. 5 - Amber Jones, Purchase
Feb. 12 - Andrea Iavarone, St. Joseph's-Long Island

Previous Rookie of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - Aria Rheams, Mount Saint Vincent
Nov. 27 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Dec. 4 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Dec. 11 - Aria Rheams, Mount Saint Vincent
Dec. 18 - Kiana Vega, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Jan. 2 - Nicole Bick, Yeshiva
Jan. 8 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Jan. 15 - Katie Smith, Mount Saint Mary
Jan. 22 - Katie Smith, Mount Saint Mary
Jan. 29 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Feb. 5 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Feb. 12 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn