Team
of
the Week Top player at each position last week
Dec. 13-19, 2004
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players.
Men
Pos.
Women
Ricky Easterling
Sr., Bridgewater (Va.)
G
Tracie Robbins
Sr., McMurry
Johnathen Maxwell
Sr., Howard Payne
G
Lindsey Koehn
Jr., Millikin
Mike Spadafora
So., Gettysburg
G
| F
Leigh Sulkowski
Jr., Washington and Jefferson
Larry Welton
Fr., Aurora
F
Megan Wood
So., Thomas More
Clint Driftmier
So., Central
C
| F
Ally Stamatiades
So., Baruch
Tracie
Robbins
Robbins averaged 18.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and shot better
than 64% from the field in two American Southwest Conference victories,
including a performance in which she scored a career-high 27 points propel
the Indians past third-ranked Hardin-Simmons, on the road. The 17-point
victory over the Cowgirls' snapped their 53-game home winning streak vs.
conference opponents and ended an 11-game losing streak in the series
for McMurry.
Lindsey Koehn
Koehn paced the Big Blue with 14.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and more than
three assists and steals per game in a perfect week for Millikin.
Leigh Sulkowski
A D3hoops.com first team preseason all-American, Sulkowski lived up to
her billing leading the Presidents to consecutive wins, extending an eight-game
winning streak. Sulkowski averaged 25.5 points per game on 22 of 33 shooting
from the field, while adding 7.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
Megan
Wood
Wood missed her first three shots in TMC’s only game last week then
hit 10 in a row to help the Saints overcome a 10-point second-half deficit
to defeat Wittenberg. Wood added four rebounds, two assists, and two steals
in the win.
Ally Stamatiades
Stamatiades led the Bearcats with 19 points in their upset win over No
2. New York University.
Ricky Easterling
Easterling averaged 26.5 points, and five boards in the Eagles wins over
Ferrum and Gallaudet. The senior guard shot 58 percent from the field
while pacing Bridgewater to one of their best starts in history. BC is
8-1 with their lone loss coming against Division I UNC-Greensboro.
Johnathen
Maxwell
A senior, Maxwell led the Yellow Jackets to their first two wins of the
season against East Texas Baptist and LeTourneau in ASC action. Maxwell
averaged 21 points, five rebounds, and three assists while extending his
double-digit scoring streak to seven games.
Mike Spadafora
The sophomore tallied 12 of a career-high 26 points in the final four
minutes of Gettysburg’s 75-69 victory against Division I Navy. Spadafora
hit 15 of 16 attempts from the charity stripe to lead the Bullets to D3’s
first win in the 2004-2005 season over a full D-I program.
Larry Welton
Welton led the Spartans to a 3-0 week with victories over Judson (Ill.),
Webster, and Blackburn while averaging better than 27 points points per
game. Just a freshman, Welton added seven rebounds per contest, shooting
66% from the field.
Clint Driftmier
Driftmier tallied 27 points, nine rebounds, and two blocks in Central’s
119-92 win over MacMurray. The sophomore connected on 12 of 14 shots from
the field and three of five from the line in 19 minutes of play.