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Mount Saint Mary grad student, Morina Bojka

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Weekly Report - February 21

Mount Saint Mary grad student, Morina Bojka
Player of the Week

Morina Bojka, Mount Saint Mary
Grad Student, Forward; Prospect, Conn./Woodland Regional


Fourth weekly award of the campaign (Nov. 22, Jan. 10, Feb. 1)...helped the Knights wrap up the No. 1 seed in this week's conference championship and a 19-1 Skyline regular-season mark with averages of 21.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.3 assists per game over their three wins...shot 24-of-46 (.522) from the field, and 7-of-15 (.467) from downtown during the stretch, playing just under 22 minutes per contest...went 8-of-13 Tuesday against Manhattanville, on her way to 21 points...rounded out the week Saturday against Old Westbury by registering 26 points (11-of-20 FG, 3-of-7 3FG), eight boards and four steals in her 23-minute stint.

Rookie of the Week

Grace Jackson, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Freshman, Forward; Parma, Idaho/Parma


Sixth weekly honor of the season (five Rookie, one Player)...wrapped up the regular season Tuesday at Sarah Lawrence with a career-high-tying 31 points (13-of-22 FG), to go with six rebounds, four assists and as many steals.

Honor Roll

Old Westbury's Ja'nya Flash picked up three double-doubles in as many outings for the Panthers, including a 20-point, 20-carom effort Sunday against Farmingdale State...Manhattanville senior Spencer Shore posted a pair of 20-plus point outings last week, and enters this week's conference championship with the fourth-seeded Valiants' single-season record of 63 3-pointers made...St. Joseph's-Brooklyn senior Kelly O'Donnell (25.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg) wrapped up her illustrious career by becoming the 53rd women's basketball player all-time in NCAA Division III to record 2,000-plus career points...second-seeded USMMA received an 18-point, 18-board outing on 9-of-13 shooting Tuesday night from junior Madison Demos against Sarah Lawrence...sixth-seeded Farmingdale State received double-double averages over its regular-season-ending four-game stretch from freshman Samantha Muller (19 ppg, 11.3 rpg)...also posting a double-double average was sophomore Lanyah Ford (16.7 ppg, 11.3 rpg) for fifth-seeded St. Joseph's-Long Island, while teammate Alyssa Signor picked up her 1,000th career point and 500th career rebound Tuesday night against Old Westbury...Yeshiva junior Daniella Rothman wrapped up her season by posting averages of 10.7 points and 10.0 rebounds over the Macs' three games.

Previous weekly winners

Player of the Week

Nov. 16 - Alyssa Adomaites, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Nov. 22 - Morina Bojka, Mount Saint Mary
Nov. 29 - Alyssa Adomaites, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Dec. 6 - Yuval Nitzan, Yeshiva
Dec. 13 - Kumi Tamura, Sarah Lawrence
Jan. 10 - Morina Bojka, Mount Saint Mary
Jan. 17 - Grace Jackson, USMMA
Jan. 24 - Alyssa Adomaites, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Feb. 1 - Morina Bojka, Mount Saint Mary
Feb. 7 - Kelly O'Donnell, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
Feb. 14 - Amber Been, Mount Saint Vincent

Rookie of the Week

Nov. 16 - Grace Jackson, USMMA
Nov. 22 - Niyona Smith, Manhattanville
Nov. 29 - Layla Mendoza, Farmingdale State
Dec. 6 - Layla Mendoza, Farmingdale State
Dec. 13 - Grace Jackson, USMMA
Jan. 10 - Grace Jackson, USMMA
Jan. 17 - Layla Mendoza, Farmingdale State
Jan. 24 - Samantha Muller, Farmingdale State
Feb. 1 - Daniella Bessler, Yeshiva
Feb. 7 - Grace Jackson, USMMA
Feb. 14 - Daniella Bessler, Yeshiva