Patriot League Women's Basketball Recap
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Upcoming Schedule Standings as of 1.12.18 Saturday, Jan. 13 Patriot League Overall Holy Cross at Boston U.* (PLN) 2 p.m. W-L Pct H A Streak W-L Pct H A N Streak American 5-0 1.000 2-0 3-0 W5 12-4 .750 6-0 6-3 0-1 W6 Sunday, Jan. 14 Army West Point at Navy* (CBSSN) Noon Lehigh 4-1 .800 4-0 0-1 W2 10-6 .625 8-1 2-4 0-1 W2 Colgate at Bucknell* (PLN) 2 p.m. Navy 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 W2 13-3 .813 9-0 4-3 0-0 W2 Loyola Maryland at Lafayette* (PLN/LSN) 2 p.m. Bucknell 3-2 .600 2-0 1-2 L1 9-7 .563 5-2 4-5 0-0 L1 Lehigh at American* (PLN) 3 p.m. Boston U. 3-2 .600 1-1 2-1 W1 8-7 .533 3-3 5-4 0-0 W1 Army West Point 2-3 .400 0-2 2-1 W1 9-7 .563 5-3 4-4 0-0 W1 Note: Patriot League team listed first; Times Eastern Holy Cross 2-3 .400 1-2 1-1 L2 7-9 .438 3-5 4-4 0-0 L2 Standard Lafayette 2-3 .400 1-1 1-2 L2 6-9 .400 4-3 2-6 0-0 L2 * Patriot League conference games Loyola Maryland 1-4 .200 1-2 0-2 L1 3-13 .188 2-5 1-8 0-0 L1 Colgate 0-5 .000 0-3 0-2 L5 4-12 .250 1-6 3-6 0-0 L8 Previous Results Monday, Jan. 8 #PLwbb Notebook - @PL_WBB Lafayette 53, atBucknell 83 Boston U. 58, Lehigh 74 * Holy Cross sophomore Lauren Manis tallied her first Player of the Week award this season, American 64, at Army West Point 46 as she scored 20+ points for the fifth time this season last week. Lafayette’s Natalie Kucowski Colgate 54, at Navy 70 picked up her third Rookie Player of the Week award as she recorded her sixth double- Holy Cross 60, at Loyola Maryland 77 double of the season against Holy Cross (14 points, 12 rebounds). * So far for the season, Lauren Manis from Holy Cross leads the conference in ppg with 18.1, Thursday, Jan. 11 with teammate Infiniti Thomas-Waheed is behind her with 16.8. Natalie Kucowski from American 71, at Loyola Maryland 58 Lafayette leads in rebounding with 11.1 per game, followed by Loyola Maryland’s Stephanie Boston U. 62, at Colgate 49 Karcz who has grabbed 10.7 per game. Bucknell 62, at Lehigh 66 * American has moved up no. 18 in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25, while Navy droped Army West Point 65, at Lafayette 60 Navy 65, at Holy Cross 58 to the 23rd spot on the list. (full list on page 4) * The American Eagles women’s basketball team moved to no. 70 in the NCAA RPI Women’s Basketball Rankings through Jan. 11. Navy comes in at 99 to claim the League’s second-best Note: Patriot League team listed first; Times Eastern RPI ranking, while Boston U. takes spot no. 149 on the list. Standard Patriot League Announces CBS Basketball Schedule A total of 19 games will be televised on CBS Sports Network this season, including both the men’s and women’s championship games. Three of those will be women’s basketball games. They include: Sunday, January 14 – Army at Navy (12 p.m., ET) Saturday, February 10 – Navy at Army (11 a.m. ET) Sunday, March 11 – Championship game (11 a.m. ET) The Patriot League enters into its 15th consecutive year in partnership with CBS Sports Network. CBS Sports Network is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. Media Services Patriot League On The Web www.patriotleague.org PatriotLeague.org features the latest news and stories on all 10 Patriot League members. In addition, the site also contains statistics, schedules, results and archives. Women’s Basketball Release Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders Media can access a downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the complete Patriot League Women’s Basketball The Patriot League continually demonstrates that student-athletes can release on the Patriot League Women’s Basketball page. excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing its high stan- dards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and E-Mail Distribution graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their Media may contact the Patriot League office to be included on the Patriot League’s e-mail lists for women’s class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as basketball releases and information (or any of the Patriot League’s sports). Please contact Associate Director for an important component of a well-rounded education. Communications Jackie Eddy ([email protected]/610.289.1957) with requests or questions. Women’s Basketball SIDs Patriot League Weekly Awards (1.1-1.7) Patriot League The Rock Patriot League Player of the Week Jackie Eddy Lauren Manis, Holy Cross, So., F, Franklin, Mass. [email protected] Manis dropped 26 points in the loss to Lafayette to mark the fifth time she has scored 20+ points this season. She 610.289.1957 www.patriotleague.com also collected six rebounds, two blocks, and three steals. In the Crusaders’ 54-49 win over Lehigh, Manis recorded 18 points, eight boards, and three steals. American Sam Rinkus The Rock Patriot League Rookie of the Week [email protected] Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette, Fr., F, Philadelphia, Pa. 202.885.3030 Kucowski helped lead the Leopards to two straight wins in League play last week against Holy Cross (69-65) and www.aueagles.com Colgate (63-48). The freshman forward finished the Holy Cross game with her sixth double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds), along with three blocks and four steals. Versus Colgate, Kucowski led the team in rebounds with nine, and Army Matt Tedino added 12 points, two blocks, four steals, and two assists. [email protected] 845.938.6996 Honorable Mention www.goarmysports.com Aliyah Murray, Army West Point, Sr., F, Delran, N.J. Murray paced the Black Knights in scoring in the 69-62 win versus Loyola Maryland, as well as the 36-60 loss to Boston University Bucknell. Murray scored a career-best 23 points to go along with six rebounds, four assists, and four steals against Meg Kelly [email protected] the Greyhounds. Murray collected 16 points and 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season against 617.353.7787 Bucknell. www.goterriers.com Kaitlyn Slagus, Bucknell, Jr., F, Belle Vernon, Pa. Bucknell Slagus tallied back-to-back double-doubles as she led the Bison to League wins over Boston U. and Army West Point. Matt Jackson In the game against Boston U., she tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and two steals, while against Army she recorded 16 [email protected] 570.577.1835 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks, three steals, and two assists. www.bucknellbison.com Camryn Buhr, Lehigh, So., G, Mishawaka, Ind. Colgate Buhr earned her second double-double in the 66-63 win against Navy (15 points, 11 rebounds), before she registered John Painter her third double-double against Holy Cross (12 points, 10 rebounds). She also recorded two assists in both contests. [email protected] 315.228.7566 www.gocolgateraiders.com Previous Patriot League Women’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners 11.13.17 Holy Cross Player: Kaitlyn Slagus, Bucknell Greg Celona Rookie: Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette [email protected] 11.20.17 508.793.2583 Player: Infiniti Thomas-Waheed, Holy Cross www.goholycross.com Rookie: Katie Nelson, Boston University Lafayette 11.27.17 Steve Kline Player: Madison Hovren, Army West Point [email protected] Rookie: Katie Nelson, Boston University 610.330.5518 12.4.17 www.goleopards.com Player: Madison Hovren, Army West Point Rookie: Natalie Kucowski, Lafayette Lehigh Tim Geer 12.11.17 [email protected] Player: Taylor Dunham, Navy 610.758.5043 Rookie: Sophie Gatzounas, Navy www.lehighsports.com 12.18.17 Player: Madison Hovren, Army West Point Loyola Maryland Rookie: Abby Kapp, Bucknell Amanda McClure [email protected] 12.26.17 410.617.2777 Player: Emily Kinneston, American www.loyolagreyhounds.com Rookie: Drew Freeland, Lafayette 1.2.18 Navy Player: Nia Irving, Boston University Justin Kischefsky Rookie: None [email protected] 410.293.8772 www.navysports.com Patriot League vs. Other Conferences (12.28.17) A10 (3-9) Fordham ......................(0-1) Horizon League (2-0) NEC (8-8) George Mason ............(0-2) Youngstown State .......(2-0) Bryant ..........................(2-0) George Washington ....(0-1) Fairleigh Dickinson ......(0-2) La Salle ........................(0-3) LIU Brooklyn ................(3-1) Rhode Island ...............(1-0) Ivy League (6-8) Mount St. Mary’s ........(2-0) Richmond ....................(1-0) Brown ..........................(0-3) Robert Morris ..............(0-1) Saint Joseph’s ..............(0-1) Cornell .........................(4-0) Sacred Heart ...............(0-1) St. Bonaventure ..........(1-1) Dartmouth ..................(1-1) St. Francis Brooklyn .....(0-2) Harvard .......................(0-1) St. Peter’s ....................(0-1) Penn ............................(0-1) Wagner ........................(1-0) ACC (1-3) Princeton .....................(0-1) Boston College ............(1-1) Yale ..............................(1-1) Pitt ...............................(0-1) PAC-12 (0-1) Syracuse ......................(0-1) Arizona State ...............(0-1) MAAC (11-4) Canisius .......................(2-0) America Atlantic (1-0) Fairfield .......................(1-0) Summit League (2-0) Tulsa ............................(1-0) Iona .............................(1-0) Denver .........................(1-0) Manhattan ..................(0-0) North Dakota State .....(1-0) Marist ..........................(1-2) America East (7-3) Monmouth ..................(2-0) Albany .........................(0-1) Niagra ..........................(0-1) DII (1-0) Binghamton .................(2-0) Rider ............................(4-0) East Stroudsburg .........(0-0) New Hampshire ..........(0-1) Siena ............................(0-1) Mercy ..........................(0-0) UMBC ..........................(1-0) Mansfield ....................(1-0) UMass Lowell ..............(1-1) Vermont ......................(3-0) MAC (1-0) Akron ...........................(1-0) DIII (2-0) American (0-1) Emory & Henry ...........(1-0) UCF ..............................(0-1) Goucher ......................(0-0) MEAC (2-0) St.