Team of the Week

The Team of the Week was in its 10th season in 2006-07, recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Dates: Feb. 12-18, 2007

Men Pos. Women
Jake Phillips
Sr., Carleton
G Mallory Heydorn
So., Illinois Wesleyan
Jimmy Bartolotta
So., MIT
G RaTonya Hunter
Sr., Texas-Tyler
Corey McAdam
Fr., Nazareth
G Naomi Guise
Sr., Aurora
John Grazioli
Jr., Hobart
F Catherine Chappell
Sr., Milwaukee Engineering
Anthony Simmons
Sr., North Central
F Jessica McEntee
So., New York University

Women

Mallory Heydorn
Heydorn set a school and conference record with 11 three-pointers to lead IWU to a 84-68 win against Augustana. She finished with the game with 37 points, eight assists, five rebounds, and five steals.

RaTonya Hunter
Hunter closed out her career by averaging 13.5 points, 9.5 steals, eight steals, and four rebounds in a pair of victories over Louisiana College and Mississippi College. She had two very balanced performances, nearly recorded triple-doubles in both. Against LC, Hunter had 11 points, 10 steals, and eight assists (no turnovers). She had 16 points, nine steals and eight assists against Mississippi College.

Naomi Guise
Guise led the Spartans to a 3-0 week by averaging 25.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, and six steals per game. She had 26 points, seven rebounds, and six steals in a 22-point win over Maranatha Baptist, while shooting 13-of-16 from the floor. Guise followed that up with 26 points, eight steals and six boards in a 57-44 win against Rockford.

Catherine Chappell
Chappell scored a career-high 33 points as MSOE came back from 14-points down to defeat Clarke College 58-55 in the Raiders' season finale. She also had six rebounds and five steals, shooting 9-of-10 from the foul line. Chappell ends her career as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,790), rebounder (841) and shot blocker (105).

Jessica McEntee
McEntee averaged 25.5 points, 16 rebounds, and two blocks while shooting 54% from the floor and 76% from the foul line in the Violets' 2-0 week. She sank four free throws with under a minute to go to hold on against Case Western Reserve, 68-65. McEntee then scored the game-winner against Emory for a 69-67 victory, finishing the game with 36 points and 18 rebounds.

Men

Jake Phillips
Phillips was nothing short of on fire. In a 71-65 win over Gustavus Adolphus, he scored 21 points on 5-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Phillips followed that performance up with 30 points against Macalester, hitting all seven 3-point attempts. On the week, he shot 80% from the floor, 80% from behind the arc, and 88% from the charity stripe. He also totaled six rebounds and six assists on the week, turning it over only three times in 65 minutes.

Jimmy Bartolotta
In a 76-68 victory against Lasell, Bartolotta scored a game-high 27 points, while adding a game and career-high 21 rebounds, six assists, three blocks and two steals. He then scored 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting, while adding nine rebounds, seven assists, and a career-high six steals. Bartolotta shot 22-of-23 at the free-throw line while averaging 29.5 points, 15 rebounds, 6.5 assists, four steals and two blocks.

Corey McAdam
McAdam, Empire 8's rookie of the week, nearly had a quadruple-double in a 71-56 win over Elmira. He finished with 11 points, eight rebounds, 11 assists, and 10 steals. He had 25 points, nine assists and four steals in a 84-80 win over Ithaca.

John Grazioli
Grazioli averaged 25.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals, and 1.3 blocks during a 3-0 week for the Statesmen. He scored a career-high 28 points on 11-of-14 shooting in a 87-86 overtime win against Hamilton. Grazioli bettered his career-high with 30 points and 11 rebounds in a 85-78 win over Vassar.

Anthony Simmons
Simmons, the CCIW player of the week, averaged 25.5 points, six rebounds and 3.5 assists to lead the Cardinals to two victories which kept their conference tournament hopes alive. He scored 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting in a victory over Elmhurst, and had 26 points, six rebounds and six assists in a last-second victory over Augustana. In the victory over Augustana, Simmons hit two free throws with one-tenth of a second remaining for the win.