2012-13 Big EAST Women's Basketball
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2012-13 BIG EAST WomeN’S BasKetball FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE omeN S asKetball EPort Sara NAGGar, DireCtor of CommUNICatioNS W ’ B R JAN. 27, 2013 (WeeK 11) www.bigeast.org [email protected] • Phone 401-453-0660 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 s t a n d i n g s BI G E A S T ( t h r o u g h g a m e s a s o f J a n . 2 6 ) BIG EAST OVERALL P l a y e r o f t h e W e e k W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N Streak Stefanie Dolson, Notre Dame (2/3) 7-0 1.000 4-0 3-0 18-1 .947 9-1 5-0 4-0 W13 Connecticut, Jr., C Connecticut (3/2) 5-1 .833 2-1 3-0 18-1 .947 8-1 7-0 3-0 W6 (Port Jervis, N.Y./Minisink Valley) Villanova (RV/25) 5-1 .833 3-0 2-1 16-3 .842 7-0 6-2 3-1 W1 Dolson averaged 20.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg and 4.5 Syracuse (RV/22) 4-2 .667 2-0 2-2 16-3 .842 8-0 6-3 2-0 L1 assists per game, while shooting 63 percent Louisville (13/12) 4-2 .667 2-0 2-2 16-4 .800 9-1 4-3 3-0 W2 from the field, in a 2-0 week for the Huskies. DePaul (NR/RV) 4-2 .667 3-0 1-2 15-5 .750 11-1 2-3 2-1 W2 Dolson had 16 points and nine rebounds in a St. John’s 3-2 .600 2-1 1-1 9-8 .529 6-3 2-3 1-2 L2 win against No. 15/13 Louisville, connecting USF 3-3 .500 2-1 1-2 14-5 .737 9-2 4-2 1-1 W2 on 8-of-11 from the floor. She had a career- Georgetown 3-4 .429 2-1 1-3 12-8 .600 7-2 4-6 1-0 W1 high 25 points, adding seven rebounds and Rutgers 2-3 .400 2-1 0-2 11-7 .611 9-1 1-6 1-0 W2 dishing out six assists in a win against RV/23 Marquette 2-4 .333 0-3 2-1 10-9 .526 5-5 4-4 1-0 L2 Syracuse. She reached the 1,000-point plateau in the first half against the Orange. Seton Hall 2-4 .333 1-2 1-2 7-12 .368 6-5 1-5 0-2 L4 Providence 1-5 .167 1-2 0-3 6-13 .316 4-5 0-7 2-1 L1 Pittsburgh 0-6 .000 0-3 0-3 9-10 .474 7-5 2-5 0-0 L6 BI G E A S T Cincinnati 0-6 .000 0-4 0-2 8-11 .421 6-5 1-5 1-1 L6 (Associated Press/ESPN-USA Today rankings) NR- not ranked; RV- receiving votes f r e s h m a n o f t h e W e e k Chanise Jenkins, DePaul LAST WEEK IN THE BIG EAST THIS WEEK IN THE BIG EAST Fr., G (Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young) Sat. 19 Sun. 27 GEORGETOWN 70, SETON HALL 50 (BETV) ST. JOHN’S AT 13/12 LOUISVILLE (ESPNU) 1:30 p.m. Jenkins tied a season-high with 14 points in RV/RV VILLANOVA 52, USF 49 RUTGERS AT SETON HALL 2:00 p.m. a loss at RV/23 Syracuse on Jan. 15. She MARQUETTE 74, PITTSBURGH 65 had seven assists with only one turnover, RV/23 SYRACUSE 62, 3/2 CONNECTICUT 87 (XL) Mon. 28 grabbed four rebounds and made four PROVIDENCE 67, NR/RV DE PAUL 79 2/3 Notre Dame at 9/9 Tennessee (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. 3-pointers. In a win against Providence, Sun. 20 Tue. 29 Jenkins had eight points, two steals, seven 2/3 NOTRE DAME 74, NR/RV ST. JOHN’S 50 (ESPNU) RV/25 VILLANOVA AT 3/2 CONNECTICUT (XL) 7:00 p.m. assists, seven rebounds and made both of PITTSBURGH AT NR/RV DE PAUL 8:00 p.m. her free throw attempts. Mon. 21 CINCINNATI AT GEORGETOWN 8:00 p.m. 3/2 Connecticut 79, 4/4 Duke 49 (GP) (ESPN2) Wed. 30 b i g e a s t h o n o r r o l l Tue. 22 13/12 LOUISVILLE AT USF 7:00 p.m. RUTGERS 55, GEORGETOWN 47 (CBS SN) ST. JOHN’S AT PROVIDENCE 7:00 p.m. NR/RV DE PAUL 51, CINCINNATI 45 SETON HALL AT RV/22 SYRACUSE 7:00 p.m. Brittany Hrynko, DePaul, So., G USF 74, SETON HALL 52 RUTGERS AT MARQUETTE 8:00 p.m. Hrynko averaged 18.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg as the Blue 13/13 LOUISVILLE 64, MARQUETTE 63 (CBS SN) Demons went 1-1 last week. She had seven steals Sat. 2 and 16 assists. Wed. 23 PROVIDENCE AT RV/22 SYRACUSE 1:00 p.m. RV/22 SYRACUSE 60, ST. JOHN’S 57 GEORGETOWN AT 13/12 LOUISVILLE 2:00 p.m. Andrea White, Georgetown, Jr., F 2/3 NOTRE DAME 73, PITTSBURGH 47 CINCINNATI AT 2/3 NOTRE DAME 2:00 p.m. White averaged a double-double with 16.0 ppg and PROVIDENCE 65, RV/25 VILLANOVA 60 (OT) RV/25 VILLANOVA AT RUTGERS 2:00 p.m. 11.0 rpg in a 1-1 week. She shot 55 percent from the 3/2 CONNECTICUT AT ST. JOHN’S (BETV) 2:00 p.m. Sat. 26 NR/RV DE PAUL AT MARQUETTE 8:00 p.m. field and had six assists and four blocks. 2/3 NOTRE DAME 89, PROVIDENCE 44 GEORGETOWN 69, PITTSBURGH 57 Sun. 3 Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame, Sr., G USF 58, MARQUETTE 48 (BETV) USF AT PITTSBURGH 1:00 p.m. Diggins averaged 16.5 ppg in a 2-0 week for the RV/22 SYRACUSE 59, RV/25 VILLANOVA 64 Irish, adding 15 assists and nine steals. 3/2 CONNECTICUT 67, CINCINNATI 31 Katherine Plouffe, Marquette, Jr., F Plouffe averaged 13.0 ppg and 9.5 rpg in a 2-0 week for Marquette, while dishing out 10 assists. Laura Sweeney, Villanova, Sr., F Sweeney averaged 17.5 ppg and 9.5 rpg in a 2-0 XL – XL Center (Hartford, Conn.); MSG - Madison Square Garden week. She shot 61 percent and had four blocks. 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