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Women's Basketball Weekly Report - February 14

Player of the Week 

Emma Kiley, St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn
Senior, Center; Whitestone, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy
 
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Kiley (above) averaged 21 points and 11.5 boards in the Bears’ 1-1 week … In addition to scoring 24 points in a win against Farmingdale State, she became the program's all-time record holder for blocks and logged an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double on her Senior Day to cap the week … The newly-minted record-holder for blocks in program history, Kiley was responsible for four rejections against the Mount Saint Vincent; two shy of becoming the first-known Bear with 200 career blocks … The center is also 24 points away from reaching 1,000 for her career … This is her first Skyline Player of the Week nod this winter.

Rookie of the Week

Megan Spina, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
Freshman, Guard; Selden, N.Y./Newfield

Spina (below) finished the week totaling 37 points, averaging 12.3 points per game on 16-of-30 shooting in three games for the Golden Eagles en route to her first Skyline Rookie of the Week award this season ... She had a career-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting to go along with two rebounds and two assists in a win over Old Westbury ... Spina also contributed 11 points, three rebounds, one block and one steal in a victory against Farmingdale State.
 
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Honor Roll
 
St. Joseph’s-Long Island guard Lanyah Ford guided the Golden Eagles to a 2-1 week totaling 52 points, averaging 17.3 points per game, including a double-double against Sarah Lawrence with 19 points and 11 rebounds ... Mount Saint Mary grad student guard Katie Smith averaged 12.5 points, 4.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game for the Knights while shooting 45.8-percent from the field … U.S. Merchant Marine Academy senior center/forward Lauren Hunter recorded her eighth-straight double-double with a game-high 21 points and 15 rebounds in a home win over Sarah Lawrence in the Mariners' only game of the week … Manhattanville senior forward Julianna Kascic scored 23 points and collected 20 rebounds and 10 assists in a 2-0 week for the Valiants, including her 11th double-double of the year with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Yeshiva … Yeshiva junior guard Daniella Bessler led all players with 25 points, while grabbing 14 rebounds for the double-double and blocking four shots in the Macs’ come-from-behind Skyline road win at Farmingdale State … Sarah Lawrence junior forward Kendall Haymore netted her 12th and 13th double-doubles of the season, giving her the seventh highest total in all of Division III, when she scored 12 points and grabbed 12 boards against Mount Saint Mary … Manhattanville freshman guard Amanda Orlando put up 24 points in a two-win week as the team picked up wins over MSMC and YU.  
 
Previous weekly winners

Player of the Week

November 15 - Amber Been, Mount Saint Vincent
November 22 - Layla Mendoza, Farmingdale State
November 29 - Alyssa Adomaites, St. Joseph's-Long Island
December 6 - Julianna Kascic, Manhattanville
December 13 - Grace Jackson, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
December 20 - Lauren Hunter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
January 4 - Lanyah Ford, St. Joseph's-Long Island
January 10 - Katie Smith, Mount Saint Mary
January 18 - Katie Smith, Mount Saint Mary
January 24 - Lauren Hunter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
January 31 - Yuval Nitzan, Yeshiva
February 7 - Lauren Hunter, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Rookie of the Week

November 15 - Julia Angeles, Mount Saint Vincent
November 22 - Colleen Coughlin, Sarah Lawrence
November 29 - Victoria Kantzian, Farmingdale State 
December 6 - Amanda Orlando, Manhattanville 
December 13 - Amanda Orlando, Manhattanville
January 4 - Victoria Kantzian, Farmingdale State   
January 10 - Emma Kelly, St. Joseph's-Long Island
January 18 - Amanda Orlando, Manhattanville
January 24 - Amanda Orlando, Manhattanville
January 31 - Aaniya Telford, St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn
February 7 - Colleen Coughlin, Sarah Lawrence