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: Jan. 23-29, 2006
| Men | Pos. | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Floyd Bayiha Sr., Milwaukee Engineering |
G | Staci Humphrey Jr., Greensboro |
| Brian Scordato Sr., Union |
G | Keli Ward Fr., York (Pa.) |
| Toby Brittian Jr., Lesley |
F | Sara Cavanaugh So., Cortland State |
| Craig Johnson So., Coast Guard |
F | Amber Bodrick Fr., Thiel |
| Steve DeLuca So., Brandeis |
F | Jill Trenz So., Wheaton (Ill.) |
Men
Floyd Bayiha
Bayiha averaged 29.5 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists during a 2-0 week for Milwaukee School of Engineering. Against Wisconsin Lutheran, he scored 40 points, going 10-for-16 from the field and 19-for-23 from the charity stripe. Bayiha also added five rebounds, three steals and three assists in the 95-94 overtime victory. In a 79-57 win against Maranatha Baptist, he recorded 19 points and five steals. On the week he shot 64% from the field, 75% from behind the arc and 86% from the foul line.
Brian Scordato
Scordato finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in a 63-59 win over RPI. He scored 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field, making all five three-point attempts, in a 68-61 overtime win vs. Vassar. Scordato also had seven rebounds and six assists in that win.
Toby Brittian
Brittian helped Lesley rally from two 10-point deficits to win an 81-78 conference contest vs. Mount Ida in their only contest of the week. He finished with 37 points — on 14-of-17 shooting from the field - 11 rebounds, six assists, six steals and five blocks.
Craig Johnson
Johnson shot 76.3% from the floor in a 3-0 week. He scored 19 points in a road win at Springfield, 32 points in a road win at Roger Williams and finished the week with 32 points and 11 rebounds in a home win over MIT.
Steve DeLuca
DeLuca led the Judges to a 2-0 UAA week by averaging 25.5 points and six rebounds per game. He shot 78% from the floor (18-of-23), including 75% from beyond the arc (6-for-8) and 90% from the free throw line (9-for-10). In an 81-64 win over Case, DeLuca led all players with 23 points on 9-for-11 shooting from the floor, including 5-for-6 from downtown. In a come-from-behind victory against Emory, he scored a career-high 28 points by going 9-for-12 from the floor and 9-for-10 from the free throw line.
Women
Staci Humphrey
On a 2-1 week for the Pride, Humphrey averaged 27.3 points, 7.7 steals, six rebounds and five steals. In an 87-55 win over Peace, she recorded 32 points and a school-record 13 assists. Humphrey then hit seven three-pointers en route to 27 points in an 84-67 win over Shenandoah. She added nine rebounds and seven assists in that contest.
Keli Ward
The Spartans went a perfect 3-0 for the week as they downed Elizabethtown 80-59 on Monday, Gallaudet 87-54 on Wednesday, and Salisbury 76-73 on Saturday. The freshman point guard averaged 17.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and seven assists per game. Ward shot 57% from the field and 91% from the charity stripe. In 107 minutes, she committed only five turnovers. She scored a career-high 24 points against Elizabethtown, while nearly recording a triple-double versus Gallaudet with 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Sara Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh scored 34 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in 29 minutes in 68-51 win at Geneseo. She made 9-of-11 field goals and finished with 20 points and seven rebounds in 65-43 home win over Buffalo State the following evening.
Amber Bodrick
Bodrick scored 51 points for the Tomcats in their 92-89 overtime win against Bethany on Wednesday, the highest total in any division of NCAA women's basketball this season. Her total is the most by any female in all NCAA divisions this season. The freshman shot 20-of-32 from the field (63%) and 8-of-9 from the charity stripe (89%) against the Bison, adding 11 rebounds and five steals to her statline for the game.
Jill Trenz
Trenz helped lead Wheaton to a pair of road victories last week, averaging 16.5 points and 11 rebounds per game. The All-American shot 70.6% (12-for-17) from the field, with eight blocked shots. On Tuesday she led the Thunder to a 60-50 victory at Millikin by recording a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Trenz shot 9-for-13 from the field against the Big Blue and blocked four shots. In Saturday’s 63-52 win at North Central, Trenz scored 13 points, with seven rebounds and four blocked shots.