Team of the Week

Scoutware The Team of the Week is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 13th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women

Ian Franks, Jr.
Wooster

G Allison Anderson, Fr.
Oberlin

Mark Blazek, So.
Hartwick

G Stacia Nemitz, Sr.
UW-Platteville

Jason Reels, Sr.
Eastern

F

Jessica Berry, Jr.
Utica

Blake Mitchem, So.
University of the Ozarks

F

Jessica Nelson, Jr.
Nichols

Brandon Altmann, Sr.
Mary Washington

C

Rachel Diedrich, Fr.
Alverno

Games of Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2009

 

 

Women's

Allison Anderson
Anderson recorded the first triple-double by a freshman in the history of the Oberlin women's basketball program with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 68-52 win over Earlham. The 5-foot-6 Anderson also added five steals in the win and pulled down 17 rebounds over the last two games. She also played the entire 40 minutes in each of the last three games.

Jessica Berry
Berry averaged 22.7 points and nine rebounds while shooting 55 percent (27-of-49) from the floor in a 2-1 week for Utica. She scored a game-high 31 points and grabbed 10 boards in a 68-55 victory over Nazareth. Berry became the eighth player in school history to join the 1,000-point club at Utica after netting 17 points in the Pioneers lone loss of the season, against Hamilton.

Jessica Nelson
Nelson led Nichols to two overtime wins (81-79 vs. Fitchburg State, 59-56 vs. Westfield State). She posted her second career double-double, including a career-high 26 points (10 boards) vs. Fitchburg. Nelson finished the week shooting 75 percent (21-for-28) and averaging 25.0 points and nine rebounds.

Stacia Nemitz
Nemitz has led UW-Platteville to a 6-1 start for the first time in school history. She had 14 points in a 71-42 win over Viterbo and a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds in an 86-69 win over UW-Superior, shooting 17-for-34 for the week.

Rachel Diedrich
iedrich's week was highlighted by her 19 point, 14-rebound, five-block performance in an 88-85 double-overtime loss to defending NATHC South champ, Wisconsin Lutheran. In limited action on Saturday versus NATHC North and tournament champ, Concordia (Wis.), she had seven points and seven rebounds in just 17 minutes, in the 70-55 loss.

Men's

Ian Franks
Franks was the game's leading scorer in each of Wooster's road wins last week, as he combined for 55 points, including matching his career high with 29 at Kenyon. Franks made 18 of 28 field goals (64 percent), highlighted by 7-of-10 from 3-point range, and 12-of-16 free-throw shooting. He also produced nine rebounds and seven assists (with only two turnovers) on the week. During an 80-72 victory at Ohio Wesleyan, Franks tallied 26 points and a team-high four assists. Trailing 63-57 with 1:28 left Saturday, the Scots turned to Franks, who scored seven of his 29 points and assisted on the game-winning layup at the 0:02 mark to lift Wooster over the Lords 66-65.

Mark Blazek
Blazek had a career-high 35 points in leading Hartwick to a conference win against Elmira. He was 10-for-19 from the field and a perfect 7-for-7 from the foul line. Blazek made eight of 17 3-pointers and scored half of the Hawks points in the victory. In three games during the week against Elmira, Skidmore and Ithaca, Blazek averaged 27 points and four assists.

Jason Reels
Reels helped the Eagles jump to a 2-0 mark in the Freedom Conference. The senior finished with game high performances in both points and rebounds as Eastern won 61-48 at King's and rallied from a 13-point second half deficit to beat Misericordia 81-74 at home. He connected on over 60% of his shots for the week. Over the final seven and a half minutes in the Eagles' wild 81-74 come-from-behind win over Misericordia, Reels scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out two assists, and earned one steal.

Blake Mitchem
Mitchem put on a pair of dominating performances in two road wins, averaging 22.5 points and 12.0 rebounds while shooting 90 percent from the free throw line. Mitchem pumped in 19 points, including a key basket with seven seconds left, to preserve a win against Howard Payne. In that game, he also grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked two shots. He followed that performance with a 26-point, 11-rebound effort in a win against Sul Ross State.

Brandon Altmann
Altmann scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds in a 73-68 win over defending CAC champion Wesley on Wednesday. He then scored 20 points and grabbed 12 boards in a ten-point loss at Hood on Saturday. Altmann shot 16-for-29 from the floor and 20-for-29 from the line.