Team of the Week

Scoutware The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 14th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men Pos. Women
Austin Claunch, Jr.
Emory
G Laura Karsten, Jr.
Wheaton (Ill.)
Gerald Williams, Jr.
Brockport State
G Kayla Taormina, So.
Bethany
Kent Faurote, Jr.
Edgewood
F | G Sarah Alwardt, So.
Brockport State
Javon Williams, Jr.
Lasell
F Sharmika Singleton, Jr.
Concordia (Texas)
Carl Hipp, Sr.
Hamline
C Patty Rewa, Jr.
Albion

Men's
Austin Claunch
Claunch averaged 17.5 points and 10.0 assists in victories over Brandeis and NYU. In Friday'Â’s 85-70 win over the Judges of Brandeis, Claunch had 16 points with eight assists and two steals. In a 93-85 triumph over NYU on Sunday, he logged all 40 minutes scored 19 with 6-of-9 shooting from the floor, including all three 3-point field goal attempts, and converted all four of his free throw opportunities. He also dished out 12 assists and paced the team with six rebounds. In the two games, he shot 52.4 percent from the floor (11-of-21), including 71.4 percent (5-of-7) from beyond the arc, and 88.9 percent from the charity stripe (8-of-9). 

Gerald Williams
Williams averaged 25.3 points per game while making 14 of 20 from 3-point range, and hitting 60 percent of his shots from the field during a 3-0 week. Williams scored a career-high 30 points on 9-of-12 shooting, including making five of his six 3-pointers during Friday's win over Plattsburgh State. Against Potsdam State, Williams scored seven of his game-high 26 points during an opening 19-0 run. Williams has surpassed 20 points in eight of his last 10 games.

Kent Faurote
Faurote scored a career-high 26 points on 11-for-15 shooting against Lakeland. He scored 20 in the first half before leaving the game with an injury in the second half. Against Aurora he nearly recorded Edgewood's second triple-double, finishing with 17 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists. He shot 61 percent from the floor for the week, including 4-for-7 from 3-point range.

Javon Williams
Williams had two double-doubles in GNAC play, including 43 points on Saturday against Johnson and Wales. Williams shot 16-for-18 (89 percent) from the field, 3-for-4 from the arc, and 8-for-10 from the line while grabbing 14 rebounds, making three assists, three steals and two blocks. Earlier in the week he scored 24 points, added 13 rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks against Norwich. He shot 69.3% for the week from the floor, 57.1% from downtown, and 81.2% from the free throw line.

Carl Hipp
Hipp moved into sixth all-time in scoring at Hamline, passing NBA Hall of Famer Vern Mikkelsen, while averaging a double-double in a 3-0 week for the Pipers. Hipp opened the week with the career milestone, as he scored 18 points (and brought down 11 rebounds) in a road win at Augsburg. He added 23 points and 15 rebounds in a home win over Gustavus Adolphus, and 19 points and nine rebounds in Hamline’s two-point win at Saint Mary's (Minn.). Hipp blocked eight shots and shot 20-for-24 from the line.

Women's
Laura Karsten
Karsten led Wheaton to two conference road victories. Karsten scored 17 points, with nine rebounds and six assists on Thursday in a 68-50 victory at Carthage. On Saturday she contributed 14 points, six rebounds and five assists in a 72-62 win at North Park.

Kayla Taormina
Taormina averaged 18 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting 54 percent (14-for-26) from the field and 60 percent from the arc in a pair of Bison wins last week. In a 66-58 victory over Thiel, she posted her third double-double of the season with 16 points and a career-high 12 boards while also blocking two shots. Taormina lifted Bethany to a 69-65 victory at Grove City Saturday with 20 points, including 15 in the first half to help build a 38-24 lead. She then helped secure the win by sinking two free throws with 12 seconds to play. In the contest, she made 7-of-10 from the field, including 4-of-5 from the arc.

Sarah Alwardt
Alwardt averaged 14.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game during Brockport State's 2-1 homestand. Alwardt posted two double-doubles, including 18 points and a career-high 16-rebounds during Friday's win over Plattsburgh. She recorded her fourth double-double in her last six games against Potsdam State on Saturday (16 points, 10 rebounds).

Shamika Singleton
Singleton helped the Tornados go 2-0 against Sul Ross State and Howard Payne averaging a double-double. She averaged 20.0 points on 65.2 percent shooting from the field and 76.9 shooting from the line as well as 12.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per contest. Despite logging in only 23 minutes in a 96-48 win against Sul Ross State, Singleton still managed to pour in 25 points by shooting 10-for-11 from the field and 5-for-7 from the line while also accumulating four steals and one blocked shot. The junior posted her ninth double-double of the season in a 73-69 win over Howard Payne with 15 points and a career-best 15 rebounds. She had seven of her 15 points in the last 3:31 of the game and nailed three free throws in the final minute to put the game away.

Patty Rewa
Rewa recorded a a pair of double-doubles in leading the Britons to three MIAA wins. She scored a career-high 30 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in a 68-48 victory over Adrian, added 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 67-57 win over Olivet, and finished the week with 22 points and nine rebounds, including the game-winning basket with 0.4 seconds remaining, in a 56-55 win over Alma.