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Team of
the Week
Top player at each position last week
Feb. 15-21, 1999

Usually we don't give much consideration to players who had only one game during a week, but when that performance totals 44 points and nine rebounds on 7-for-11 three-point shooting, it's hard to argue against. That's what Rose-Hulman's Bryan Egli registered in a 72-69 loss to DePauw.

Another big game was registered by Wisconsin-Platteville's Merrill Brunson, as he shot 12-for-15 from the field in a win against Wisconsin-Stout. The junior guard scored 33 points and added seven rebounds and five assists. Brunson shot 4-for-6 from three-point range and leads the nation in three-point percentage at 57.5%.

St. Joseph senior Carl Howell averaged a solid 31.7 points over three games, becoming the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,206 career points. Howell added 8.3 rebounds shot 53% from the floor.

Brian Wilder is our other Northeast region forward. The senior averaged 36.0 points and 8.5 rebounds and connected on 74.4% of his field goals in a 2-0 week. He produced the Chargers’ second-highest ever point total when he scored 45 of the team’s 80 points at Norwich as he went 17-for-25 from the field and 11-for-13 on free throws.

Antwann Jones had had 30-30 vision, as he led Manchester to an overtime victory against Franklin with 30 points (nine rebounds, four steals) on 13-for-18 shooting. He added 30 points (14 rebounds, four steals) in a 65-60 loss to Anderson. Held Anderson center Chaz Smoot to 11 points below his average.

On the women's side, senior guard Rakesha Barnes led her team to crucial victories in the last two regular-season games to move Christopher Newport into a tie for first in the Dixie Conference. Against first-place Methodist, she scored 31 including the team's final 13 points to rally her team from a ten-point deficit and force overtime. Barnes shot 34-for-68 from the floor for the week, 8-for-11 from three-point range and added 13 assists and eight steals while averaging 27 points.

Tameeka Lyles helped lead Marymount (Va.) to two wins last week, scoring the game-winning basket against Catholic and averaging 18 points and 9.5 rebounds in 30 minutes per game. The sophomore added five assists, five steals and three blocked shots.

Susquehanna's Kristen Venne, a frequent contributor to our Team of the Week, averaged 25.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting 69% from the field (20-for-29) and 91.7% from the line (11-for-12). Venne had 24 points, nine rebounds and three assists in the Susquehanna's win against Albright and followed with a game-high 27 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a win at Juniata.

Shera Wolf scored 29 points in Ohio Northern's 78-77 overtime upset of No. 12 Capital and led all scorers with 19 as ONU ended its regular season with a 66-51 win at John Carroll. Wolf also tied an ONU record by making 23 consecutive free throws before missing one against Capital. She shot 17-for-29 from the floor, 7-for-15 from three-point range and averaged 5.5 rebounds in the two games.

Susquehanna's Karyn Kern also made the Team, marking the first time teammates on the court were Teammates of the Week. The junior center averaged 22.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game -- shooting 81.% from the field (17-for-21) and 90.9% from the line (10-for-11). She set a single-game record for field goal percentage while going 11-for-13 (84.6%) for a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds against Albright and added another double-double (18-11) against Juniata.