Team
of
the Week Top player at each position last week
Feb. 3-9, 2002
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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
Damien Strahorn
Sr., Colby
G
Cara Barbierri
Sr., St. Lawrence
Lydale Waller
Jr., Southern Vermont
G
Rachael Poland
Sr., Heidelberg
Jared Mills
Jr., Randolph-Macon
F
Katie Benjamin
Jr., John Carroll
Derek Reich
Jr., Chicago
F
Nicole Harlmon
Sr., McMurry
Matt Beacom
Jr., Pitt-Bradford
C
Alicia Davis
So., Loras
Cara Barbierri
Barbierri became the second St. Lawrence player to reach 1,000 points
for her career in two days with a 12-point effort in a 66-47 win over
Skidmore. She recorded a Saint season-high 25 points on 10-for-14 shooting
in a 65-42 win against Union. With the 3-0 week, the Saints clinched a
tie for the UCAA regular-season title with two games remaining
Rachael Poland
Poland averaged 26.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game as The 'Berg went
2-1, nearly upseting No. 7 Wilmington. Rachael scored 23 points and grabbed
seven rebounds against Earlham. She had her 24th career game with 25 or
more points against Ohio Northern on Wednesday. She finished with 30 points,
11 rebounds and two steals in the win. On Saturday, she marked her 100th
career game with her 25th contest over 25 points. She finished with 25
points, 10 rebounds and three assists against the Quakers. She moved into
third place on the Ohio Athletic Conference all-time scoring list with
1,839 points.
Katie Benjamin
Benjamin hit a game-winning baseline jumper as the buzzer sounded to help
JCU defeat Muskingum 86-84 in overtime at home on Wednesday, then had
a career-high 27 points in a loss to OAC second-place Otterbein on the
road Saturday. She finished the week 20-for-30 from the floor, 3-for-5
from 3-point range and 8-for-11 from the line, while pulling down 24 rebounds
and adding nine assists and eight steals for the week.
Nicole Harlmon
Harlmon grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds and scored 25 points in upset
win against Howard Payne. Her 22 rebounds were the 10th-best in Division
III this eason. She averaged 21 rpg and 19.5 ppg in two games, picking
up her sixth and seventh double-doubles of the year. Had five steals in
a loss to Sul Ross State. Harlmon shot 11-for-16 from the line (68%) and
14-for-27 from the floor (51%) in two games
Alicia Davis
Davis shot 75.8% from the field as Loras went 2-1 in Iowa Conference games,
losing only by 4 points on the road to IIAC leader Wartburg. Davis also
improved her Division III-best field goal percentage to 72.0%, shooting
25-for-33 from the floor for the week while totaling 51 rebounds. The
6-4 sophomore had back-to-back games with 23 rebounds vs. Buena Vista
and 20 boards vs. Wartburg. Those two games were also her 16th & 17th
"double-doubles" of the season.
Damien Strahorn
Strahorn's performance Saturday on
the road against NESCAC leader Bowdoin (15-for-20, 5-for-8, 8-for-9 for
43 points) ranks as one of the top all-time performances in Colby history
and helped push Colby back into contention for the NESCAC postseason tournament.
Walker ended the week with 74 points and 10 assists in two games.
Lydale Waller
Waller capped off a great week by leading the Mountaineers to a 90-86
victory over Suffolk, scoring 44 points including 8-for-10 from behind
the 3-point line. He shot 60.4% from the floor (29-for-48) and 14-for-26
from 3-point range on th eweek, scoring 82 points in three games.
Jared
Mills
Mills had back-to-back games with more than 20 points as the Yellow Jackets
clinched the ODAC regular-season title. At Bridgewater he scored a career
and game-high 26 points on 11-for-14 shooting and also had seven rebounds
and two blocked shots. At Hampden-Sydney, Mills scored a game-high 23
points, shooting 5-for-6 from the floor and 13-for-16 at the foul line.
He also grabbed eight rebounds. For the week, Mills averaged 24.5 points
and 7.5 rebounds, and shot 16-for-20 (80.0%) overall.
Derek Reich
Reich averaged more than a point per minute as Chicago swept a pair of
UAA games. In a 103-78 win against Emory, Reich contributed 30 points,
13 rebounds, and two blocked shots in 22 minutes. He was 12-for-16 from
the field, 3-for-5 from 3-point range, and 3-for-4 from the foul line.
Reich then scored 25 points, pulled down 11 boards, and handed out three
assists as the Maroons defeated Case Reserve 80-64. He shot 11-for-16
from the floor, 2-for-2 from 3-point distance, and 1-of-2 from the line
Matt Beacom
Beacom became the No. 8 career scorer in Pitt-Bradford history with 1,319
points, scoring 91 points in three games on 37-for-50 shooting from the
floor and 17-for-21 from the foul line. He added 19 steals, five assists,
five blocks and five steals.