Team of the Week

The Team of the Week was in its fourth season in 2000-01, recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women
Kareem Brunson
So., Cabrini
G Miriam Anthony
Sr., Lebanon Valley
Andy O'Brien
So., York (Pa.)
G Rachel Horgen
Sr., Wheaton (Ill.)
Jeremy Veenstra
So., Calvin
F Jennifer Olson
Jr., Benedictine (Ill.)
Robert Moore
Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
F Alison Coleman
Fr., Eastern Connecticut
Derek Reich
So., Chicago
C Vanessa Schley
Sr., UW-Eau Claire
Games of Jan. 14-20, 2001.    

 

Women's

Miriam Anthony
Anthony had a career day against Albright, with a career-high 10 steals and matching her season-best 19 points to help setback the Lions 69-53. Anthony connected on 9-for-15 shooting and picked up six rebounds and three assists. At Widener she dropped in 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting, and also picked up nine rebounds, five steals, and one assist. For the week, she averaged 14.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.5 steals.

Rachel Horgen
Horgen averaged 22.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in Wheaton's two CCIW wins last week, shooting 50 percent (16-for-32) from the field and 40 percent (6-for-15) from 3-point range. In a 50-47 win against North Park Horgen scored 20 points with five rebounds, with three three-pointers. She hit a 3-pointer with 1:32 left in the game to break a 44-44 tie, giving her team the lead for good. On Wednesday she helped paced the Thunder to a 61-49 win over North Central with 25 points, including 15 points in the second half to help Wheaton overcome a 28-25 halftime deficit. She also grabbed six rebounds and hit three more 3-pointers. She held Cardinal standout Tracy Farrell to four points on 1-for-8 shooting.

Jennifer Olson
Olson led her team to a 1-1 record last week. In a non-conference win against Concordia (Wis.) Olson had 31 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 5 steals. In a conference loss to Dominican she scored another 31 points, adding 13 rebounds, two assists, a block and two steals.

Alison Coleman
Coleman scored 30 points for the second time this year against Plymouth State when ECSU avenged its only loss with a 97-74 win. Coleman had a career-high 31 points and 12 rebounds -- one shy of her personal high -- six assists, six steals, three blocked shots. She was 12-for-14 from the foul line.

Vanessa Schley
Schley had a career night with 36 points and 12 rebounds in a road victory at No. 3-ranked UW-Oshkosh as she hit 10 of 20 from the field and all 16 of her free throw attempts to tie the conference records for free throws made and percentage in a single game. She ran her string of consecutive free throws to 20 before missing her first attempt against Whitewater on Saturday. Schley averaged 24.5 points and 7.5 rebounds for the nationally ranked Blugolds.

Men's

Kareem Brunson
Brunson shot 21-for-26 from the floor for the week, including 14-for-15 from the field vs. Eastern, setting a team record for single-game field goal percentage. The sophomore also averaged nine rebounds.

Andy O'Brien
O’Brien led the Spartans to two wins on the week. In the Spartans’ win against Goucher, O’Brien poured in 31 points, tying his career-high for the second time in three games. For the week O’Brien tallied 56 points, shot 48.7% from the floor, and grabbed 22 rebounds.

Jeremy Veenstra
Veenstra scored a career-high 34 points along with 10 rebounds in Saturday's 95-85 victory against Hope, marking his 10th career double-double. Earlier in the week, Veenstra scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 77-68 loss to Albion.

Robert Moore
Moore stretched his streak 20-point streak to 12 games, with a 29-point average and 64% shooting from the floor. He leads the American Southwest Conference in scoring. Moore also averaged 7.5 rebounds per game despite playing only 59 minutes in the two games.

Derek Reich
Reich led No. 7 Chicago to a pair of UAA wins. In a 77-41 victory against NYU, Reich scored 16 points in 18 minutes on 7-for-9 shooting from the field. He then finished with 24 points, 14 rebounds, two steals, two assists, and a blocked shot in an 81-68 win against Brandeis. He was 10-for-19 from the floor in that win.