Team
of
the Week Top player at each position last week
Feb. 16-22, 2004
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players.
Men
Pos.
Women
Billy Shivers
Sr., Redlands
G
Jen Caron
So., Simmons
Matt Glynn
Sr., Puget Sound
G
Heather Kessler
Jr., York (Pa.)
Duran Searles
Sr., Franklin & Marshall
G
| F
Patrece Carter
Sr., Louisiana College
John Mietus
Sr., Lewis & Clark
F
Amanda Nechuta
Jr., UW-Stevens Point
Bryan Lambert
Sr., Brandeis
C
Missy Stults
Sr., University of New England
Billy
Shivers
Redlands senior Billy Shivers shot 17-for-26 from beyond the arc in an
explosive 155-125 win at Whittier. Shivers scored 54 points in only 24
minutes against the Poets.
Matt Glynn
Glynn was instrumental in Puget Sound’s clinching of the Northwest
Conference title, averaging 24.5 points, 5.5 assists, five rebounds, and
1.5 steals in two games for the Loggers.
Duran Searles
Searles averaged 33 points, seven assists, 3.5 rebounds, and three steals
in two wins for the Diplomats. The senior connected on 25 of his 36 field
goal attempts.
John Mietus
The senior from Spokane had three double-doubles on the week, averaging
24.3 points and 14.6 rebounds per game in a tough stretch of games for
the Pioneers, which included games against Pacific Lutheran and Puget
Sound.
Bryan Lambert
Recording nine double-doubles in his last ten games, Lambert paced the
Judges with 30.3 points on 40-of-66 shooting, 11.6 rebounds, two steals,
and two assists. In one of his final games, Lambert became the program's
22nd 1,000-point scorer.
Jen Caron
Jen Caron put up huge numbers last week to help Simmons set a new record
for wins (17) and finish the regular Conference season with their highest
seeding in the GNAC. She matched her career high with 28 points against
St. Joseph (Conn.). For the week, Caron averaged 24 points.
Heather
Kessler
Kessler paced the Spartans with an average of 23.5 points, 7.5 assists,
four rebounds, and two steals in two games.
Patrece Carter
Carter scored 60 points last week, over one-third of the team’s
total in the two games. The senior added nine rebounds, five assists,
and two blocks, on average, in the contests.
Amanda Nechuta
Nechuta was instrumental in UWSP’s 2-0 record last week. The junior
had a career-high 36 points in a narrow 79-77 win over Oshkosh. She averaged
27 points, 2.5 steals, and 2.0 rebounds while missing only eight field
goals out of 28 attempts.
Missy Stults
Stults shot a blistering 76.9% from the floor on her way to averaging
22.3 points over three games. In a home loss to Endicott on Saturday,
Stults became the UNE career scoring leader, surpassing the mark of 1,751
set by Amanda Rodgerson in 2002. She also went over 1,000 career rebounds
in that contest.