Team of the Week

Nov 20, 2023

Natalie Bartle
Photo by Brennan Harmer for SUNY Canton athletics

The Team of the Week presented by Scoutware is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 27th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.

Men	Pos.	Women
Steph Baxter, Gr. Babson	G	Natalie Bartle, Sr. SUNY Canton
Pal Dak, Sr. Minnesota-Morris	G	Lauren Huber, Jr. Illinois Wesleyan
Jake Harrison, Jr. Western New England	F \| G	Elyce Knudsen, Sr. Millikin
Daniel Cook, Sr. St. John Fisher	F	Arianna Gerig, Jr. Williams
Trey Barber, Sr. Christopher Newport	F	Mary Schleusner, So. Washington & Lee
Games of Nov. 13-19, 2023 \| Previous seasons \| All-time honorees

Women's

Natalie Bartle

Bartle, the back-to-back North Atlantic Conference Player of the Week, averaged 31 points, 15 rebounds, three assists, and two steals per game in a 3-0 week as the Roos remained unbeaten on the season. Bartle opened the week tallying program records of 46 points and 26 rebounds in a thrilling 74-72 win at Clarkson, where she shot a perfect 17-for-17 at the free throw line. She tallied game-highs of 24 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, two blocks, and two steals in a 79-68 win at previously unbeaten Alfred University. Bartle closed out the week with 22 points, five rebounds, three steals, and two assists in a 73-43 win at Alfred State. She was 31-for-32 from the FT line on the week.

Lauren Huber

Huber continued her torrid start to the season with a pair of double-doubles at the Hope College Tournament. She went for 17 points and 15 rebounds in a win over Puget Sound and followed that up with a 27-point, 16-rebound performance against Hope. Huber averaged 22 points and 16 rebounds on the week, shooting 54% from the floor.

Elyce Knudsen

Knudsen won MVP at the DePauw Tournament as Millikin cruised to victory over a couple of traditionally strong opponents. Knudsen averaged 33 points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks, and three steals per game. She shot 59% from the floor and missed just one FT on the week.

Arianna Gerig

Gerig averaged 26 points, eight rebounds, four assists, two steals, and a block during a 1-1 weekend for the Ephs. She shot 19 of 39 (49%) from the field and 13 for 15 from the foul line. Gerig had 17 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in a win over Maine Maritime, but what is most impressive is her performance in a tight 66-65 loss to No. 5 Rhode Island College. Gerig scored a game-high 35 points, with eight rebounds (also a game high) as Williams came just one shot from a massive upset.

Mary Schleusner

Schleusner recorded three huge games last week to help the Generals to wins in each contest. She started off with 33 points, 16 rebounds, four blocks, and three steals in an 86-67 win at Averett, followed by 28 points, 14 boards, and six blocks in an 80-65 win over Salisbury, wrapping up with 24 points, 14 rebounds, three blocks, and three steals the next day in a win over Juniata. Schleusner made at least 10 field goal attempts in all three games and shot no worse than 65% from the floor in each game.

Men's

Steph Baxter

Baxter averaged 34 points on 51% shooting to go along with five assists and five rebounds to earn Lopata Classic MVP honors, despite playing in the consolation game. Babson split a pair of close games in St. Louis, but Baxter was at the center of both. He scored a career-high 40 points and dished out five assists against just one turnover on as the Beavers suffered a 90-85 OT loss to No. 22 Washington U. He followed it up with 25 points and five assists to help the Beavers defeat UW-Eau Claire, 78-71, on Saturday.

Pal Dak

Dak averaged 30 points and six rebounds over three games this week, while shooting 63% from the field and 70% from beyond the arc. With a previous career high of 21 points, Dak exploded in the Cougar home opener for 31 in an 86-64 win over Augsburg. After scoring 19 in a neutral-site loss to Cornell, Dak hung 40 on Wartburg in another win.

Jake Harrison

Harrison led WNE to three tight wins on the week, including a victory in their home tournament. He averaged 30 points and 11 rebounds on 73% shooting (83% from deep), dishing out five assists and two steals per game. The highlight of the week was a career-high 33 point performance against Cortland.

Daniel Cook

Cook earned Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout Tournament MVP after leading the Cardinals to a 2-0 record, with wins over RIT and University of Rochester. In the game against RIT he finished two assists shy of a triple-double, tallying 20 points, 17 rebounds, and eight assists (along with a steal and two blocks). On the week, Cook averaged 19 points, 14 boards, five assists, two steals, and two blocks per game, shooting 54% from the floor.

Trey Barber

Barber led the top-ranked Captains to a pair of wins over nationally ranked opponents. First, against No. 14 Randolph-Macon, Barber scored 12 points and added eight rebounds (in a very low scoring game). Then, in a matchup with No. 12 Johns Hopkins, Barber scored a career-high 31 points, including the game-winning tip-in with two seconds remaining to power the Captains to a 75-73 win. He added a team-high seven rebounds, blocked three shots, and dished a pair of assists with two steals in the game.