Team
of
the Week Top player at each position last week
Jan. 13-19, 2003
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Nominations are due at 9:00 p.m. EST on
Mondays and should include games of the previous Monday through Sunday.
Only SIDs and coaches may nominate
players.
Men
Pos.
Women
Jimmy Evans
Sr., Nazareth
G
Kellie Rice
Jr., Kean
Benny West
Jr., Howard Payne
G
Sara Vestfals
Sr., LeTourneau
C.J. Neely
Sr., Bates
F
Heather Francoeur
Sr., Oglethorpe
Joe Corbett
Sr., Hobart
F
Linnea Engel
Jr., Carleton
Joel Kolmodin
Jr., Wheaton (Ill.)
C
Barb Goodwin
Sr., Gordon
Kellie Rice
Rice shot 17-for-28 from the floor and 9-for-17 from 3-point range in
a 2-0 week for Kean.
Sara Vestfals
Vestfals scored 55 points in two games, two-point wins against Austin
and University of the Ozarks. She shot 19-for-38 from the floor, 13-for-23
from 3-point range, and added eight rebounds and six steals.
Heather Francoeur
Francoeur began the week with a SCAC season-high 37 points in a 93-82
win against Wesleyan (Ga.). In that contest, she also had 18 rebounds,
three assists and two steals. And with her 13-for-19 performance from
the charity stripe, Francoeur broke the conference career mark for free
throws made. For the week, Francoeur averaged 27.0 points, 11.0 rebounds,
2.7 steals and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 51.6% (32-for-62) from
the field and 72.7% (16-for-22) from the free-throw line.
Linnea Engel
Engel averaged 15 points, six rebounds and 3.5 steals in a 2-0 week. In
Saturday's one-point victory over No. 2 St. Benedict, Engel was 5-for-5
from the floor and 5-for-5 from the line for 15 points. She grabbed eight
rebounds and added two assists and two steals. She scored five points
during a key 16-4 run that pulled Carleton within four points after they
trailed by 16 midway through the half. In Wednesday's win against St.
Thomas, Engel scored 15 points and added five steals, four rebounds, two
assists and two blocked shots.
Barb Goodwin
Goodwin averaged 27 points and eight rebounds over three contests, including
a 43-point effort vs. Clark in which she connected on 17 of 18 free-throw
attempts. Goodwin also scored in double figures in a win vs. Wentworth
(25) and a loss to Salve (13).
Jimmy Evans
Evans was named MVP of the JPMorgan Chase Scholarship Tournament as Nazareth
topped No. 2 Rochester to capture the title. Evans scored 20 points, grabbed
seven rebounds, and handed out five assists in the title game. He scored
33 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, in a 96-85 win against Roberts Wesleyan.
Evans followed that up with a 26-point, six-rebound effort in an 88-85
win against Rochester Tech. He shot 47.1% from 3-point range for the tournament.
Benny West
West led the Jackets to a record of 2-1 for the week, averaging 26.7 points,
nine rebounds, four assists and four steals per game. West shot 71% from
the floor, 75% from the 3-point line and 68% from the line.
C.J. Neely
Neely scored a career-high 43 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Bates
defeated Colby-Sawyer 98-95 in double overtime. Neely hit the game-winning
3-pointer with three seconds left, only his third successful trey in his
career at Bates. Neely was 20-for-23 from the line for the week, averaging
24.7 points and 6.7 rebounds.
Joe Corbett
In a 3-0 week for the Statesmen, Corbett recorded his 53rd, 54th, and
55th career double-doubles, averaging 25.3 ppg, 16.0 rpg, and 5.3 apg.
In a 92-77 win against Hilbert College on Tuesday, he scored a career-high
34 points on 15-for-18 shooting from the floor, while pulling down 16
rebounds to raise his career total to 1,005. For the week, he shot 79.5%
from the floor, 60.9% from the line and boasted an assist-to-turnover
ratio of 2.7-to-1.
Joel Kolmodin
Kolmodin averaged 18.5 points, 16.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists in a 1-1
week for the Thunder, as they beat North Park before losing to Illinois
Wesleyan.