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

Charlie Lohoff
Sr., UW-Platteville

G Melanie Auguste
Sr., Colorado College

Mike Russell
Sr., Anderson

G

Priscilla Ramirez
Jr., Brooklyn

Martin Leibovich
Jr., Yeshiva

F

Jessica McKenzie
Sr., Muskingum

Henry McCain
Sr., Kalamazoo

F

Julia Hirssig
Jr., UW-Stout

Robert Burton
Jr, Millikin

F | C

Renee Brandenburg
Sr., Bethany

Games of Dec. 8-14, 2008.

 

 

Men's

Charlie Lohoff
Lohoff led UW-Platteville to a pair of victories, scoring 10 points in an 83-54 win over UW-Eau Claire and 24 in a 69-62 win at UW-River Falls. He connected on 11 of 16 shots (68.8 percent), including six of 11 3-point attempts (54.5), as well as all six free-throw attempts. He also grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out nine assists and made three steals with just three turnovers in 73 minutes at the point guard position. Lohoff hit a key 3-point basket with 42 seconds to play at River Falls that gave the Pioneers a 67-62 lead.

Mike Russell
Russell posted back-to-back 25 point efforts against Rose-Hulman and Hanover as Anderson won each game 79-73 to move to 3-1 in conference play. Through four conference games, Russell is averaging 27 points per game and is 14-for-32 from 3-point range. He shot 11-for-20 from three-point range for the week.

Martin Leibovich
Leibovich averaged 24.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, three steals, and 2.5 assists per game during a 1-1 week for the Maccabees. He shot 59 percent from the floor (17-for-29) and 80 percent from the free throw line (12-for-15). He scored 23 points and added six rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals during a 73-63 loss to Baruch and had 26 points, 13 rebounds and four steals as YU beat SUNY-Maritime 74-71 in overtime. 14 of his points and 10 of his rebounds came after halftime as Yeshiva overcame a 16-point deficit.

Henry McCain
McCain scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds in just 21 minutes of play in leading the Hornets to a 73-46 victory over Oberlin. He went 12-for-16 from the floor and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line, adding five steals.

Robert Burton
Burton had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead Millikin to a win over Blackburn and had 14 points in just 23 minutes of action in a 77-49 rout of Eureka. He finished 17-for-28 from the floor (61 percent) and averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds for the week.

Women's

Melanie Auguste
Auguste filled up the stat sheet with 25 points, 14 rebounds and six assists in an upset win against Division II Colorado-Colorado Springs, including eight consecutive points to close a nine-point deficit with just over four minutes left to play. She added 13 points, six assists and six rebounds in a win against UC Santa Cruz and 12 points and 12 assists in a win against Methodist.

Priscilla Ramirez
Ramirez was key in a one-point win over Old Westbury, scoring 27 points, grabbing six boards and nabbing five steals. She dished out two key assists in the final minute of the game, including on the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds remaining. Ramirez averaged 16.7 points and shot 61 percent from the floor, 36 percent from 3-point range in a 3-0 week.

Jessica McKenzie
McKenzie averaged 21.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 65.4 percent from the field. She grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds against John Carroll and helped lead the Muskies to a 2-0 week

Julia Hirssig
Hirssig shot 18-for-24 from the floor and scored her second and third double-double of the season in identical 80-57 conference wins against UW-River Falls and UW-Oshkosh. She scored 25 points, 11 rebounds vs. River Falls, scored 22 points, 14 rebounds vs. Oshkosh.

Renee Brandenburg
Brandenburg averaged 15 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in a 2-0 week for the Bison. The 6-1 center led Bethany to a 76-63 victory over Denison with 17 points and 10 rebounds. In notching her fifth career double-double, she knocked down eight of 12 attempts from the floor. Brandenburg added 13 points and nine boards in a 65-55 triumph at Geneva. She shot 4-of-8 from the field, 5-of-6 from the free throw line and also blocked three shots.