NE10 Women's Basketball Report: Week 7

Posted: Jan 02, 2023

Week 7 - January 2, 2023

NE10 Player of the Week

Adriana Timberlake, Southern New Hampshire
Senior | Guard | Braintree, Mass.

Timberlake averaged 19.5 points 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.5 rebounds per game, while hitting on 37 percent of her shots (15-41), during a 2-0 week for the Penmen. Timberlake dropped 24 points (9-23 FG, 3-12 3-FG, 3-4 FT) to go with three assists and a pair of steals in Thursday's 71-65 victory at St. Thomas Aquinas, before tallying 15 points (6-18 FG, 1-7 3-FG, 2-4 FT), four assists, three steals and two rebounds in a 58-49 win over 11th-ranked and previously-unbeaten Assumption on Saturday.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Sydney Lusher, Le Moyne
Freshman | Guard | Oneida, N.Y.

Lusher tallied 21 points, including 15 in the first half on 5-of-8 shooting from behind the three-point line, five rebounds and two steals in a 57-44 victory at New Haven on Saturday.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Marina Callahan, Assumption (So., G - Burlington, Mass.)
Callahan scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as she registered her second double-double of the season in a loss to SNHU.

Kari Brekke, Bentley (Gr., G - Appleton, Wisc.)
During a 2-0 week that lifted the Falcons into a tie for first in the Northeast-10, Brekke averaged 15 points and made 9 of 14 three-pointers. After scoring 10 points at Molloy, she matched her scoring season-high (20 points) and tied her career-best for threes (6) while playing only the first three quarters against Franklin Pierce. Against the Ravens, her 7-of-11 included 6-of-8 from deep. Brekke leads the conference in three-point accuracy at .484.

Aurora Deshaies, New Haven (Sr., F - Syracuse, N.Y.)
Deshaies continued her success in the NE10, racking up her fourth double-double in six conference games with a team-high 14 points and 11 rebounds in a home game versus Le Moyne on New Year's Eve. The senior post player also improved upon her already conference-leading shooting percentage, going 6-of-8 against the Dolphins to now shot 67 percent overall on the season, fourth best in D2.

Liv Robles, Saint Anselm (Sr., F - Wallingford, Conn.)
Robles picked up her second double-double in the last three games, scoring 14 points with 10 rebounds to her credit against Saint Michael's on New Year's Eve. The Hawks pulled out the victory, 57-49, to win their third game in a row.

Emma MacDonough, Saint Michael's (Gr., G - South Burlington, Vt.)
MacDonough collected 18 points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal in a 57-49 loss to Saint Anselm on Saturday.

Zoe Amalbert, So. Connecticut (Sr., G - Nanuet, N.Y.)
In an undefeated week, Amalabert averaged 16.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in wins against District of Columbia and American International. Against DC, Amalbert had 10 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Against AIC, Amalbert scored a season-high 23 points, hitting on 4-of-5 from three-point range, with a career-best 11 rebounds and four assists.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2022-23 NE10 Women's Basketball Standings

	Conference				Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Assumption	20	16-4	0.800	33	27-6	0.818
Le Moyne	20	16-4	0.800	28	21-7	0.750
So. New Hampshire	20	15-5	0.750	30	22-8	0.733
Bentley	20	14-6	0.700	32	22-10	0.688
New Haven	20	12-8	0.600	27	17-10	0.630
So. Connecticut	20	11-9	0.550	28	17-11	0.607
American Int'l	20	11-9	0.550	29	15-14	0.517
Pace	20	9-11	0.450	30	14-16	0.467
Saint Anselm	20	8-12	0.400	27	12-15	0.444
Saint Rose	20	7-13	0.350	27	11-16	0.407
Adelphi	20	7-13	0.350	26	10-16	0.385
Franklin Pierce	20	4-16	0.200	29	9-20	0.310
Saint Michael's	20	0-20	0.000	25	1-24	0.040