Shirleah Ragin, Pitt-Bradford, Women's Basketball
Ragin led all scorers in both games this week, powering the Panthers to the program's first 2-0 start to conference play since the 2015-16 season. On Wednesday, she dropped a career-high 24 points to lead Pitt-Bradford to a convincing win against Medaille. She went 9-13 from the field while connecting on 3-5 from long range and collecting five steals. Then on Saturday, she dropped a game-best 18 points to lead the Panthers to a win at Behrend. For the week, she averaged 21 points per game and shot 51.9 percent, went 9-12 from the free-throw line, 5-10 from three in 35.5 minutes per game.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Pitt-Bradford G Shirleah Ragin led all scorers in both games this week, powering the Panthers to the program's first 2-0 start to conference play since the 2015-16 season. On Wednesday, she dropped a career-high 24 points to lead Pitt-Bradford to a convincing win against Medaille. She went 9-13 from the field while connecting on 3-5 from long range and collecting five steals. Then on Saturday, she dropped a game-best 18 points to lead the Panthers to a win at Behrend. For the week, she averaged 21 points per game and shot 51.9 percent, went 9-12 from the free-throw line, 5-10 from three in 35.5 minutes per game.
BEST OF THE REST: Hilbert G Taylor Corts again lead her team to two wins this week while averaging 24 ppg, and 8.5 rebounds. Corts also shot over 90% from the FT line and 50% from behind the arc...D'Youville G Danielle Hore began the week with 11 points, six rebounds, and eight assists against Hilbert on Wednesday, and then recorded 14 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists to lead the team past Franciscan...Franciscan F Angela Starre averaged 18.0 points for the week, as she matched her season-high in points with 18 against Greensburg and D'Youville, while also adding a season-high three assists and two blocks against D'Youville...Pitt-Greensburg F Nadege Durand averaged 17 points and six rebounds in the two games, as she shot 50% from the field, dished out five assists, added six steals and a block...Mount Aloysius G Lea Sammarco averaged 17 points per game in a 1-1 week for the Mounties, as she shot 50% from the field, 43.8% from beyond the arc and 100% from the free throw stripe, including 21 points and nine rebounds against Altoona...PS-Behrend G Caitlin Carnuche averaged 15.0 points and shot 47.8 percent from the floor in a pair of AMCC games this week, knocking down a season-high 18 points against La Roche and then adding 12 points vs. Pitt-Bradford...Medaille F Ranya Rumph continued the strong start to her career averaging 12.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game on 42.4 shooting from the floor, scoring a career night against Fredonia last Monday, which included a career best 17 points and grabbing a career high 12 rebounds...La Roche G Shaundrea Butler average 10 points, 8.5 assists, four rebounds, and 3.5 steals in two conference wins last week, including a double-double (20 points, 10 assists) in the Redhawks' Saturday victory over Penn State Altoona...PS-Altoona G Finnley Christine posted back-to-back 20-point games, as she averaged 15.7 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game, 1.3 steals per game, and 1.0 assist per game.
