The Team of the Week was in its ninth season in 2005-06, recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Dates: Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2005

Women

Katie Maguire
Maguire averaged 23.3 points, 6.3 assists, 4.7 rebounds and three steals in three games last week. She shot 55.3% (21-for-38) from the floor, including 55.0 percent (11-for-20) from behind the arc, and 70.8% (17-of-24) from the free throw line in victories vs. Central (101-69) and Colorado College (85-63) and in a loss to Division II Colorado School of Mines (93-75).

Melissa Beyruti
Beyruti averaged 22 points, six rebounds and 2.5 assists in a pair of NJAC victories. She scored 18 points on four three-pointers in a 69-61 win over Ramapo. She followed that performance with a career-high 26 points in knocking down seven of 11 from behind the arc as the Cougars defeated preseason NJAC favorite TCNJ, 75-68.

Kelly Manning
Manning averaged 26 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and two steals in leading the Bears to the Eleanore Moyer Tournament title last week. Named tournament MVP, she posted 20 points, five rebouards, four assists and three blocks in an 80-65 win over Thomas More in the opening round. In the championship game, Manning scored a career-high 32 points which included six three-pointers.

Jenny Place
Place averaged 26.7 points, nine rebounds, 5.3 steals and two assists. In a 93-83 overtime win vs. Methodist, she had a near-triple-double finishing with 22 points, 11 rebounds and nine steals. Place also had 35 points and nine rebounds in the Bison's opening round loss to eventual champion Alma.

Sirlena Moore
Moore had three consecutive double-doubles in a 2-1 week for the Pride.  She averaged 22.3 points, 15.7 rebounds and 2.3 steals, shooting 56% from the floor and 79% from the foul line. In a 76-65 loss to Newport News, Moore tallied 29 points, 19 rebounds and four steals.

Men

Charles Hernandez
Hernandez recorded back-to-back triple doubles in a 2-1 week for Mount Saint Vincent.  He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists — as well as four steals — in a 91-71 win against Lehman.  Three days later, Hernandez finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in a 109-75 win over Centenary. Earlier in the week, he tallied 10 points, nine rebounds, and three assists in a 85-68 loss to Baruch.

David Shepherd
Shepherd scored 11 points in the final three minutes — including the game-tying layup with 1.3 seconds remaining — to bring Tufts back from nine points down against Brandeis and send the game to overtime where the Jumbos would win 86-72. He averaged 16 points, four rebounds and six assists over three games, shooting 60% from the floor (15-for-25) and 82% from the charity stripe (13-for-16).

Andy Bates
Bates scored a career-high 39 points in the Tigers' only game of the week, totaling the most points for a Trinity player since the 1996 season. He shot 13-for-15 from the floor (87%) and 7-for-9 from behind the arc (78%) in only 27 minutes in the 77-58 win over SCAC favorite Southwestern. Bates added nine rebounds, four assists and four blocks.

Duke Cooper
Cooper averaged 19.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in a 2-1 week for the Bobcats. In a rematch of last season's AMCC championship game against Penn State Behrend, Cooper netted 27 points, grabbed five boards and dished out five assists in the Bobcats' 68-65 victory.

Mardochee Jean
In a 3-0 week for the Cowboys, Jean averaged 13.3 points, 14.7 rebounds and 4.7 blocks. He set an American Southwest Conference record with nine blocked shots against LeTourneau, and just missed a triple double adding 13 points and 17 rebounds. Jean tallied 21 points and 18 rebounds vs. East Texas Baptist.