Team of the Week

Dec 13, 2021

Hanna Geistfeld, Bethany Lutheran
Photo courtesy of Bethany Lutheran athletics

The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 25th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men	Pos.	Women
Mason Wang, Sr. Hood	G	Bria Neal, Jr. Howard Payne
Nyameye Adom, Sr. Wheaton (Ill.)	G	Katie Villarini, Sr. Buffalo State
Jeff Hunter, Jr. Keene State	F \| G	Regan Freland, So. Simpson
Eli Hartjes, Sr. Edgewood	F	Maiah Domask, Sr. UW-Platteville
Will Crumly, Gr. Covenant	F	Hanna Geistfeld, Sr. Bethany Lutheran
Games of Dec. 6- 12, 2021 \| Previous seasons \| All-time honorees

Women's

Bria Neal

Neal averaged 25 points and 13 rebounds per game this week, leading Howard Payne with 24 points against Sul Ross State, followed by a career game of 26 points and 17 rebounds in an overtime win at Austin College. She hit 10 of 13 free throws on the week.

Katie Villarini

Villarini averaged 22 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds on the week. She came within a rebounds of a triple-double against Brockport, with18 points, 10 assists, and nine boards. Against No. 21 St. John Fisher, Villarini scored 25 points with five rebounds and five assists. She was named the SUNYAC Player of the Week.

Regan Freland

Freland was named American Rivers Conference Player of the Week after leading all scorers with 23 points in No. 10 Simpson's statement win over then No. 5 Wartburg. She knocked down five three-pointers in that game, including one early, helping Simpson to an insurmountable 20-3 advantage, and continued to barrage the opponents throughout the 90-74 victory.

Maiah Domask

Domask registered a huge game in the Pioneers' only contest of the week, an 80-61 win over Luther College. The forward scored a career-high 35 points on 11-21 FG shooting in just over 31 minutes of work which led her team to its fifth straight win. She shot 52% from the floor, 50% from three, and 80% from the FT line, also controbuting three assists and a steal.

Hanna Geistfeld

Geistfeld hit what turned out to be the game-winning free throws with seven seconds remaining to defeat then No. 3 UW-Eau Claire Wednesday. She was named UMAC Player of the Week as Bethany Lutheran also opened conference play 2-0. Geistfeld averaged 23 points and 16 rebounds on the week, shooting 52% from the floor and 83% from the FT line.

Men's

Mason Wang

Wang continued his strong season with his third straight Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Player of the Week award after leading the Blazers to a win at Albright. He poured in a game-high 39 points, including 10 points in the final 5:36 of the first half as Hood turned a one-point deficit into a 45-39 halftime lead. Wang finished the game shooting 13-for-21 from the field and 7-for-13 from 3-point range, with seven rebounds, four assists, and two steals.

Nyameye Adom

Adom shot 50% from the floor and 93% from the FT line last week, averaging 22 points, four rebounds, and three assists. His best performance of the week was 24 points and five rebounds in No. 6 Wheaton's win over then No. 3 conference rival Illinois Wesleyan. Adom's quickness created foul problems for the Titans, which opened up the court in the second half, leading to the victory.

Jeff Hunter

Hunter averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds, six assists, and two blocks over three Keene State games last week. along with 1.7 blocks per game. He had 14 points with eight rebounds, six assists, and two blocks against Emerson, then added 13 points with 12 boards against Plymouth State. He capped the week with a career high 30 points along with 11 rebounds and eight assists against Rhode Island College. He shot 56% from the floor for the week.

Eli Hartjes

Hartjes posted his second-straight 30-point effort in an 82-79 non-conference win over the University of Chicago from the UAA on Saturday. He shot 12-14 from the field for 86%, while grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing two assists.

Will Crumly

Crumly was named the USA South Player of the Week after averaging 21 points on 58% shooting and eight rebounds per game on the week. In a 69-58 overtime win over then No. 23 Emory, Crumly had 24 points and eight rebounds. His 19 points after halftime reduced a large deficit, forced overtime, and ultimately secured the comeback victory. Crumly then had 18 points and seven rebounds in a 79-64 win at Huntingdon on Saturday.