Team of the Week

Feb 24, 2020


*Nate West, LeTourneau* Courtesy of LeTourneau athletics

The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 23rd season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men	Pos.	Women
Nate West, Sr. LeTourneau	G	Liv Lebaron, Sr. Buffalo State
Jake Ross, Sr. Springfield	G	Alyssa Lemirande, Jr. Edgewood
Jack Casale, Jr. St. Joseph's (Maine)	G	Emily Gawlak, Sr. Hilbert
Timothy Wendel, Sr. Crown	F	Hannah Frazier, Sr. Wheaton (Ill.)
Matthew Leritz, So. Illinois Wesleyan	F	Julianna Skowron, Jr. Allegheny
Games of Feb. 17-Feb. 23, 2020 \| Previous seasons

Women's

Liv Lebaron

LeBaron netted a Buffalo State single-game record 41 points and moved into second on the school's all-time scoring list, leading the Bengals to a dominant 96-56 victory over host Fredonia in the regular-season finale. Her seven 3-pointers also tied the school's single-game record. She also had nine rebounds, six assists, and four steals.

Alyssa Lemirande

Lemirande averaged 17 points, nine assists, and six rebounds per game as the Eagles picked up two more wins this past week, both over 2020 NACC tournament qualifiers. Against Concordia (Wis.), she recorded 18 points and 11 assists, while shooting 58% from the floor and 67% from 3-point range. She then played 38 minutes in a comeback win over Wisconsin Lutheran, scoring 16 points, pulling down eight rebounds, and dishing out seven assists. Lemirande added one steal in each game and a crucial block in the final minute against the Warriors to help Edgewood hold on for the 45-43 win.

Emily Gawlak

Gawlak averaged 36 points, seven rebounds and shot 73% (8-11) from beyond the arc on the week. She scored a career-high 40 against Penn State-Behrend and 31, with 11 rebounds, against Penn State-Altoona. She also shot 62% from the floor this week and leads the conference in scoring.

Hannah Frazier

Frazier helped lead Wheaton (Ill.) to a pair of victories last week that gave the Thunder the top seed in the upcoming CCIW tournament. She scored 18 points, with six rebounds, four blocked shots, and five assists last in a Thunder victory at Carroll. Frazier then shot 56% (9-of-16) from the field on Saturday in a 72-65 victory against North Central that helped Wheaton secure sole possession of the 2019-20 CCIW championship. She scored a game-high 22 points with nine rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals in the victory against North Central.

Julianna Skowron

Skowron had a career week to help the Gators to two wins and the fifth seed in the NCAC tournament. She averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds while shooting 72% from the floor. Against Hiram on Wednesday, she finished 10-of-12 from the floor and put up a career-high 23 points, plus eight rebounds and three assists. On Saturday at Kenyon, she matched her career high point total of 23 and pulled down a career best 17 rebounds, the most by a Gator since Feb. 8, 2012.

Men's

Nate West

West had perhaps the best regular-season week of all time. He scored a career-high 47 points on Thursday, then followed it up with yet another career high, a 67-point performance on Saturday, as LeTourneau won both games. On the week, West averaged 57 points, nine rebounds, six assists, and four steals, shooting 49% from the floor and 49% from 3-point range. He made 25 of 27 FTs and set or tied about a dozen ASC records.

Jake Ross

Ross was tremendous in the Pride's two games last week in powering Springfield to the regular-season NEWMAC title following a pair of victories over nationally-ranked squads. He averaged 34 points per game to go along with 11 boards and three assists per contest while shooting 53% (21-40) from the floor, 40% (6-15) from downtown, and 83% (19-23) from the stripe. At No. 21 WPI, Ross netted 32 points and tallied eight boards and three assists before registering 35 points, including a 3-pointer in the final seconds to force overtime, vs. No. 22 Babson. In the win over Babson, Ross became the program's all-time leading rebounder as he pulled down 14 boards to push his career total to 979.

Jack Casale

Casale enjoyed a monster week while helping lead the Monks to a pair of important conference wins and the fifth seed in the GNAC tournament. He netted 39 points with nine rebounds, two assists, and two steals in a 90-78 victory at Suffolk on Tuesday and poured in 42 points with six boards, five assists, and a pair of steals in a convincing 88-70 triumph over Lasell University on Saturday. For the week, Casale averaged 41 points, eight rebounds, four assists, and two steals while shooting 57% (28-for-49) from the field, 44% (8-for-18) from 3-point land, and 94% (17-for-18) from the FT line.

Timothy Wendel

Wendel continued his incredible stretch with two double-doubles, including a 37-point performance against Bethany Lutheran that also put him over 2000 career points. On the week, he averaged 32 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and a steal.

Matthew Leritz

Leritz was outstanding for Illinois Wesleyan this week, leading the Titans to two must-win games en route to securing the No. 3 seed in the CCIW tournament. He went for a career-best 28 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds against North Park, his first career double-double. Leritz followed that up with another strong performance at Carthage, Feb. 22. Against the Red Men, Leritz scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds to go along with three assists and a steal.