Team of the Week

The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 12th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women

Sean Burton
Sr., Ithaca

G Melanie Auguste
Sr., Colorado College

John Grotberg
Sr., Grinnell

G Jordan Burkholder
So., Bridgewater (Va.)

John Kinsella
Jr., Chicago

F

Jessica McEntee
Sr., NYU

Jason Banzhaf
So., Catholic

F | C

Lindsey Newcombe
So., Hardin-Simmons

Jose Guitian
Sr., Lasell

C

Hillary Klimowicz
Sr., TCNJ

Games of Feb. 2-8, 2009.

 

 

Women's

Melanie Auguste
Auguste posted her second triple-double of the season with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 73-60 victory against Hendrix. She added 23 points, six rebounds and nine assists in Sunday's 64-50 win over Millsaps, her 11th 20-point game of the season. She averaged 25.5 points, 10 assists and 8.5 rebounds while going 16-for-16 from the line for the week.

Jordan Burkholder
Burkholder hit the 20-point mark three times in a 3-0 week for the Eagles. She scored 22 points in a win against rival Eastern Mennonite and added 20 points in just 16 minutes in a 93-43 win against Guilford. She capped the week with a career-high 29 in a win over E&H. For the week, Burkholder shot 53 percent from the field, 57 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the foul line. Burkholder, who leads the ODAC in steals, also averaged 6.0 steals per game.

Jessica McEntee
McEntee averaged 20.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals as the Violets split a pair of UAA games. She also shot 50.0% (13-for-26) from the floor, 50.0% (4-for-8) from beyond the 3-point arc and 76.9% (10-for-13) from the charity stripe. After finishing with 17 points (7-for-13 shooting) and eight rebounds in a 68-47 loss at Washington U., McEntee scored 21 of her 23 points in the second half and added eight boards, six assists and three steals in a 72-54 triumph at Chicago.

Lindsey Newcombe
Newcombe continued to be a dominant force for the Cowgirls on the inside as she averaged 26.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game in a 2-1 week. She had a season-best 33 points in a win over Concordia. She had 19 points in the second half in the loss to McMurry, after spending the last eight minutes of the first half on the bench with three fouls.

Hillary Klimowicz
Klimowicz helped the Lions to a 3-0 week averaging 26.7 points and 8.7 rebounds, shooting 82.8 percent from the floor and 81.4 percent from the foul line. Defensively, TCNJ did not allow more than 58 points in the three wins and Klimowicz finished with 11 blocked shots.

Men's

Sean Burton
Burton recorded two double-doubles, with 16 points and 11 assists against Hartwick and 28 points and 10 assists against Alfred. He also became Ithaca's all-time leader in assists and now has 504 in his career. He averaged 21.3 points and 9.0 assists in a 3-0 week, shooting 12-for-24 from three-point range.

John Grotberg
Grotberg moved into the fourth spot on the NCAA Division III all-time career scoring chart as Grinnell easily beat William Penn, Ripon and Beloit. He now has 2,702 points in his career and is just seven shy of moving up to third on the chart. He averaged 43.0 points and 7.0 rebounds, shooting 26-for-52 from three-point range, 36-for-74 from the floor and 31-for-34 from the line.

John Kinsella
Kinsella averaged 24.5 points as Chicago completed a UAA weekend sweep. He scored 22 points in a 90-81 win against Brandeis before pouring in a career-high 27 points in a 74-69 decision vs. NYU. In the two games, Kinsella shot 66.7 percent from the field (14-of-21), 69.2 percentfrom three-point range (9-of-13), and 85.7 percent from the foul line (12-of-14). He hit all four of his free throw attempts in the game's final 3:34 in the win against NYU.

Jason Banzhaf
Banzhaf shot 70.4 percent from the floor, 4-for-6 from three-point range and 9-for-9 from the line for the Cardinals, averaging 25.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game.

Jose Guitian
Guitian made the team for the third time in four weeks on the strength of a 29.3-point, 18-rebound average. He also blocked 10 shots in a three-game week.