Team of the Week

The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 12th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women

Ben Rudin
Sr., Middlebury

G LeighAnn Burke
Sr., DeSales

Lance Beckwith
Fr., Bethany

G Kimberly Blakney
Jr., Farmingdale State

Keenan Hardy
Fr., Rust

F | G

Jordan Osley
So., Mount Mary

Brandon McClary
Sr., Olivet

F

Kathleen Brown
Jr., Marymount

Andrew Powers
So., Gettysburg

C

Renee Brandenburg
Sr., Bethany

Games of Feb. 16-22, 2009.

Men's

Ben Rudin
Rudin scored 29 points on 10-for-21 shooting, including 3-for-7 from 3-point range, and went 6-for-7 from the line as the Panthers defeated Connecticut College in the NESCAC quarterfinals. He added six rebounds and five assists against just two turnovers.

Lance Beckwith
Beckwith averaged 30.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals to lead Bethany to a pair of wins and the No. 2 seed in the PAC tournament. He scored 27 points on 10-for-18 shooting and pulled down five rebounds in an 82-77 win against Westminster (Pa.), then equaled his career-high of 34 points by going 11-for-15 from the field, including 5-for-6 from 3-point range, and adding seven rebounds in a 74-65 victory at Washington & Jefferson. For the week, he shot 63.6 percent (21-for-33) from the floor, 58.3 percent (7-for-12) from the arc and 80 percent (12-for-15) from the foul line.

Keenan Hardy
Hardy averaged 21.5 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Bearcats, shooting 21-for-33 from the floor in a two-game week. He added six steals and three blocked shots.

Brandon McClary
McClary scored 38 points and grabbed 22 rebounds, as the Comets swept a pair of MIAA games last week. In a 75-72 double overtime win at Alma, he scored a team-high 22 points and pulled down eight rebounds. McClary followed that with his eighth double-double of the season, 16 points and 14 rebounds in an 81-76 win against Adrian.

Andrew Powers
Powers helped Gettysburg topple the top two teams in the Centennial by averaging a double-double, recording 19.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game while shooting 70.6 percent from the field in a 2-0 week. In a 72-60 win over then-No. 13 Franklin & Marshall, he posted 22 points and tied a career-high with 13 rebounds. He was perfect shooting in the first half (6-for-6 from the floor, 3-for-3 from the line) and finished 7-for-10 from the field and 8-for-9 at the foul line. Powers followed up with a 17-point, seven-rebound performance in a 53-48 win against McDaniel in which he shot 5-for-7 from the field.

Women's

LeighAnn Burke
Burke led DeSales to two wins to finish the regular season with a 21-4 overall record and a 15-1 mark in the MAC Freedom by averaging 30.0 points per game, 6.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.0 steals. Burke started the week with a career-high and school-record 46 points, nine rebounds, and five assists in a win against Delaware Valley, setting a school record with 10 three-pointers.

Kimberly Blakney
Blakney averaged 37.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 7.0 steals, 4.0 blocks and 3.0 assists while nursing a sore knee. She also shot 50 percent from the floor (24-for-48) and 83.3 percent from the line (20-for-24). In a 102-98 loss to Mount St. Vincent, she recorded her second triple-double with a school-record 50 points along with 15 rebounds, 10 steals, five blocks and four assists.

Jordan Osley
Osley scored 21 points in the first half alone against Concordia (Ill.), finishing with 34 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. She shot 11-for-27 from the floor, 3-for-8 from three-point range and 9-for-14 from the line.

Kathleen Brown
Recorded her fourth double-double with game-highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds in a come-from-behind win at Salisbury. She blocked a career-high four shots in the game. Brown added a game-high 10 rebounds along with 18 points in a loss at No. 9 York (Pa.). Brown shot 14-for-23 from the floor and 10-for-13 from the line.

Renee Brandenburg
Brandenburg averaged 17.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a pair of games last week for Bethany. The 6-1 center fired in 12 of her game-high 20 points in the second half to help the Bison rally from a four-point halftime deficit and pull out an 82-74 victory over Westminster (Pa.), BC's seventh win in a row. On Saturday at No. 21 Washington & Jefferson, Brandenburg scored 10 points in the first half to help Bethany rally from a 20-point deficit. She finished the game with 14 points, three rebounds and three blocks in the setback to the Presidents. For the two games, she knocked down 62 percent of her shots from the floor, 13-for-21.