Amanda Bender Award Player of the Week Week Of 11/29/2010 Sport Women's Basketball School St. Joseph's-Long Island Year Sophomore Position Center Hometown East Northport, N.Y. High School Northport HS Sophomore center Amanda Bender is off to a strong start for St. Joseph’s College. In her first two games last week, Bender averaged 29.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals as the Golden Eagles split games with Lehman and CCNY. In the opener against CCNY, Bender had 25 points and nine rebounds. She scored a game-high 33 points along with seven rebounds and six steals against CCNY.