Alexis Cannistraci, Penn State Altoona, Women's Basketball
Cannistraci had a big week in two AMCC games for the Lions, including becoming the Penn State Altoona women's basketball program's all-time leading scorer. In Wednesday night's close loss at Mount Aloysius, she scored 20 points to move into first place on the team's all-time scoring list while also grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds to notch the double-double, and she added one assist, one steal, and one block. In Saturday's home win over Pitt-Bradford, Cannistraci scored 20 points again to go along with eight assists, seven rebounds, three steals, and one block. On the week, the senior averaged 20.0 points per game, 11.5 rebounds per game, 4.5 assists per game, a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, 2.0 steals per game, and 1.0 block per game. Cannistraci sits atop the Penn State Altoona women's basketball program's career points list with 1,306 points and counting.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PS-Altoona C/F Alexis Cannistraci had a big week in two AMCC games for the Lions, including becoming the Penn State Altoona women's basketball program's all-time leading scorer. In Wednesday night's close loss at Mount Aloysius, she scored 20 points to move into first place on the team's all-time scoring list while also grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds to notch the double-double, and she added one assist, one steal, and one block. In Saturday's home win over Pitt-Bradford, Cannistraci scored 20 points again to go along with eight assists, seven rebounds, three steals, and one block. On the week, the senior averaged 20.0 points per game, 11.5 rebounds per game, 4.5 assists per game, a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, 2.0 steals per game, and 1.0 block per game. Cannistraci sits atop the Penn State Altoona women's basketball program's career points list with 1,306 points and counting.
BEST OF THE REST: Pitt-Bradford G Cailey Barnett averaged 21.5 points per game for Pitt-Bradford this week, along with 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game while shooting 43.2% from the field and 44.4% from three, she led the Panthers' comeback effort in the loss to Alfred State, scoring 25 points...Mount Aloysius G Cameron Bates led the Mounties to their first win of the season in a 1-1 week while recording her first two career double-doubles as she scored 10 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in the Mounties' win over Penn State Altoona on Wednesday, she then followed it up with a 15 point, 14 rebound performance against Alfred State on Saturday...Alfred State G My'ana Davis led the Pioneers to two conference wins this past week as she recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in Alfred State's 83-79 win over Pitt.-Bradford on Wednesday, she then logged a season-high 23 points with eight rebounds and four assists in their 71-59 victory over Mt. Aloysius on Saturday...La Roche G Danajah Sanders recorded 17 points against Hilbert, while also putting two assists and three rebounds in the book...PS-Behrend G Kara Haslett had double-digit points in a pair of wins for the Lions this week, as she went 10-for-16 from the field to register a career-high 26 points against Medaille, she then added 14 points and nine assists vs. W&J on Tuesday night, she shot 50.0 percent from the floor and from three-point range on the week, while averaging 8.0 assists...Medaille G Shyanne Trinh scored 14 points, going 5-for-13 in the field, 3-for-7 in three-pointers, and 1-for-2 at the free throw line, while also adding two rebounds, two assists, and one block.
