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: Dec. 4-10, 2006

Men Pos. Women
Isaac Greer
Sr., Chestnut Hill
G Keli Ward
So., York (Pa.)
James Russo
Sr., Goucher
G Katy Herr Lovell
Sr., Bridgewater (Va.)
Bryan Rouse
Fr., Emerson
F Amber Bodrick
So., Thiel
Ryan Cain
Sr., WPI
F Alyssa Burns
Sr., Maine Maritime
Brian Fogleman
So., Buena Vista
C Chari' Cooper
Jr., Kean

Women

Keli Ward
Ward led the Spartans to a pair of wins including a 52-46 upset of No. 11 Mary Washington. In a win against Gallaudet, she was stellar with 10 points, 10 assists, and six rebounds, while committing just one turnover in 25 minutes of work. Against Mary Washington, Ward poured in a game-high 19 points with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocked shots, and two steals. For the week, she shot 52.9% from the floor, 42.9% from three, and 88.9% from the free throw line.

Katy Herr-Lovell
Herr-Lovell averaged 19.5 points, 9.5 assists, five steals, and 3.5 rebounds, as the Eagles picked up victories over Washington and Lee and Ferrum. She shot 56-percent from the field and 54.5-percent from three-point range. Herr-Lovell finished with a double-double against Ferrum with 20 points and 10 assists, and just missed a double-double versus W&L with 19 points and nine assists. She had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 19-to-5 in the two games.

Amber Bodrick
Bodrick averaged 31.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, and 2.5 steals, in helping the Tomcats to a 1-1 week. Thiel picked up a 57-49 win at Hiram, and then fell 76-75 to conference rival Bethany despite a single-game conference high of 38 points.

Alyssa Burns
Burns shot 11-for-12 from the floor and 9-for-10 from the free throw line in just 21 minutes against Elms. She averaged 18.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.3 steals, and four assists, while shooting 71% from the floor on a 3-0 week for Maine Maritime.  Averaging only 25 minutes a game, she has led the Lady Mariners to their best start in school history at 8-0.

Chari' Cooper
Cooper averaged 18.5 points, 19.0 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks, as the Cougars remained undefeated at 7-0. Against The College of New Jersey, she scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds off the bench as Kean rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit. She then recorded a season-high 19 points and 23 rebounds in an 84-51 win at New Jersey City.

Men

Isaac Greer
Greer scored 28 points, pulled down nine rebounds, and blocked three shots in the Griffins' 79-69 loss to Villa Julie. He followed up that season-high performance with 20 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in a 75-74 win over Keystone.

James Russo
Russo netted a game-high 24 points in a 73-67 loss to Salisbury, followed by 30 points in an 83-76 victory over Marymount. He also averaged 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.5 steals on the week.

Bryan Rouse
Rouse, a freshman, entered the GNAC record book with a flourish, becoming the first men's player in conference history to score 50-plus points in a regular season conference contest. His 56 points was tallied on 24-of-31 shooting from the field and 8-of-12 from the charity stripe. Rouse also had 11 rebounds in the 107-74 win over Daniel Webster. In an 83-61 win against Eastern Nazarene, he scored 15 points.

Ryan Cain
Cain averaged 27.3 points en route to helping Worcester Polytechnic Institute win three games in four days. He started his impressive string by pouring in a season-high 30 points in a 81-70 victory over Endicott. Cain then earned MVP honors at the Raiders Engineers Classic after scoring 27 points in a win versus Case Western Reserve and 25 points in the championship victory against host Milwaukee School of Engineering. On the week, Cain connected on 24-of-42 shots from the field (57.1%), and added 4.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.3 steals a game.

Brian Fogleman
Fogleman averaged 18 points, 8.5 rebounds, and two assists per game and shot 66.7-percent from the floor in consecutive overtime wins against Dordt College (66-61), the 10th-ranked team in the NAIA Division II, and St. Ambrose University (103-98).