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

Davon Barton
Sr., Christopher Newport

G Dione Eccles
Sr., Greensboro

Rashawn Johnson
Sr., Wesley

G Keli Ward
Sr., York (Pa.)

Aaron Thompson
Jr., Washington U.

G | F

Serena Dubois
Jr., WPI

Robert Thurman
Fr., Norwich

F

Julia Hirssig
Jr., UW-Stout

Jose Guitian
Sr., Lasell

C

Hillary Klimowicz
Sr., TCNJ

Games of Jan. 19-25, 2009.

 

 

Women's

Dionne Eccles
Eccles went over 20 points in all four games as she averaged 22.8 points, made 28 of 31 free throws and averaged 5.0 steals a game as Greensboro went 4-0 for the week.

Keli Ward
Ward notched a trio of double-doubles in the Spartans' three wins. She began the week with 24 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a win over CAC second-place Wesley, then followed that with 16 points, 10 assists and three rebounds in the win over Gallaudet. She concluded the week by leading the Spartans to a win at then-ranked Marymount. In the victory against the Saints, Ward had 20 points, 10 rebounds, and was credited with two assists.

Serena Dubois
Dubois erupted for a career-high 29 points in WPI's 72-66 overtime win against Springfield. After the Engineers rallied from a 12 point deficit with less than three minutes to go, Dubois set the tone in overtime, collecting the first two baskets to help WPI grab a lead they would not relinquish. She added 11 rebounds. Over the two games, Dubois connected on 63.6 percent of her shots en route to averaging 23.5 points and 9.5 rebounds.

Julia Hirssig
Hirssig scored a career-high 37 points and topped 1,000 career points in an 83-69 win over UW-Platteville, going 13-of-14 from field, 11-of-13 from line. In a 76-73 win over UW-Superior, she scored 26 points and had 13 rebounds. Hirssig shot 69 percent from the floor and 79 percent from the line.

Hillary Klimowicz
Klimowicz helped the Lions net a pair of conference wins recording double-doubles in both games. Set a TCNJ single-game record for points in a game with 35 and added a career best 22 rebounds as the Lions handed William Paterson its first conference loss of the season. She made the most of her chances in the two games hitting 76.9 percent of her field goals and 91.6 from the foul line. Klimowicz averaged 25.5 points, 17.5 rebounds and 5.5 blocked shots.

Men's

Davon Barton
Barton averaged 20.0 points and 7.7 assists in a 3-0 week for Christopher Newport, including 22-for-42 shooting from the floor and a 12-for-13 week from the foul line. He scored 26 on 10-for-17 shooting in a win against Averett and added 21 against Ferrum.

Rashawn Johnson
Johnson averaged 29.3 points in a 3-0 week. Johnson shot 59 percent from the field, including 11-of-24 from three-point range, and dropped in 17 of 19 free throws for Wesley.

Aaron Thompson
Thompson averaged 23 points and four rebounds per game as Washington U. remained unbeaten in UAA play with two road wins. Thompson had 16 points and hit four of seven from 3-point range in a 73-42 win at Rochester and followed that up with 30 points on a career-high six 3-pointers in a 90-70 win at No. 18 Carnegie Mellon. Thompson hit 10 of 18 3-pointers in the two victories.

Robert Thurman
Thurman scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed nine rebounds in an 82-77 loss to Suffolk on Saturday to go along 18 points nad 10 rebounds in a 76-70 win over Emerson. He shot 20-for-29 from the floor for the week, 69 percent.

Jose Guitian
Guitian returns to the team after improving on last week's numbers, posting a double-double in each contest of a 3-0 week. Guitian recorded his 1,500th point as part of a 26-point, 18-rebound game against Keene State as part of a 23.7-point, 15.7-rebound average. He also shot 81 percent from the foul line, blocked three shots per game and had 2.7 assists.