Team of the Week

Jan 02, 2024

Jacob Harvey
Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com

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
Anthony Mazzeo, Sr. Case Western Reserve	G	Claire Brock, Gr. Emory
Momo Stokes, Jr. George Fox	G	Jessica Brooks, Sr. WashU
Jacob Harvey, Jr. Trinity (Tx)	G	Brianna Fitzgerald, Sr. SUNY-New Paltz
Davidson Hubbard, Sr. Hampden-Sydney	F	Flannery O'Connor, Sr. Framingham State
Hunter Nielsen, Sr. Bethany Lutheran	C	Zoe Tomlinson, Jr. Colorado College
Games of Dec. 18-31, 2023 \| Previous seasons \| All-time honorees

Women's

Claire Brock

Brock played arguably the best two games of her career over the holiday break against the No. 16 Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls and the Sewanee Tigers. She averaged 31 points per game and shot 70% from the field. Brock went 9-13 from beyond the arc for 69% and had a career high five steals against the Tigers. She also hit six of eight free throws and averaged five rebounds, three assists, and four steals in the two wins.

Jessica Brooks

Brooks powered the Bears to a 2-0 holiday break, which included a rout of No. 12 Wartburg, in which she scored 24 points with 11 rebounds as the Bears won 72-46. WashU won the tournament and Brooks averaged 19 points, nine rebounds, two steals, and two assists per game, shooting 62% from the floor and 44% from three.

Brianna Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald was the catalyst in a historic weekend at the Stevens Holiday Tournament. She scored a game-high 27 points including 11 of the team's 16 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Hawks to a 73-69 win over No. 6 Christopher Newport, while also adding 11 rebounds, four steals, and two assists. The following day, Fitzgerald led SUNY New Paltz to a 54-51 win over Middlebury, scoring a game-high 25 points with a team-high 13 rebounds.

Flannery O'Connor

O'Connor led Framingham to an outstanding showing at the D3hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas. She put up 17 points in each game - a commanding win over Westminster and a tough loss to Trinity of Texas. O'Connor averaged 14 rebounds per game, along with two assists, two steals, and two blocks. She hit 13 of 28 field goals and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Zoe Tomlinson

Tomlinson led CC to a set of conference wins on the road to close out 2023 at St. Thomas and Centenary. She averaged 19 rebounds and 18 points per game, including a season-high 20 boards against St. Thomas, just one shy of her career-high. She scored 23 points against Centenary, the third time this season she has had 20 points or more in a game. For the week, Tomlinson connected on 48% of her shots and added three assists and two blocks per game.

Men's

Anthony Mazzeo

Mazzeo was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2023 D3hoops.com Classic after leading the No. 2 Spartans to a pair of wins. He averaged 28 points per game, shooting 65% (20-31) from the floor, including 50% (8-16) from three-point range, and added an 89% (8-9) mark from the free throw line. He also led the team with seven rebounds and seven assists per game. It was a truly dominant performance and a coming out party on a national stage.

Momo Stokes

Stokes had a career weekend in Atlanta, leading the Bruins to two wins over strong teams and averaging 22 points, four rebounds, and three assists per game in a 2-0 Christmas Break. Against Maryville (Tenn.), Stokes totaled 19 points and two steals to help George Fox defeat the Scots, 97-84. The very next day against No. 22 Emory, Stokes shot 13-14 from the line and 5-10 from the field, nailing the game-winning free throws with seconds remaining to defeat the Eagles, 85-82.

Jacob Harvey

Harvey led the No. 9 Tiger men's basketball team to a pair of wins at the D3hoops.com Classic in Las Vegas last week, defeating Clark University (MA) and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (CA). He averaged 27 points per game on 50% shooting (15-of-30) overall and 63% (12-for-19) from three-point range. In the 84-83 win over Clark, Harvey nailed the game-winning three-pointer with less than 30 seconds left. He followed his late-game heroics with a career-high 33 points in the win over Pomona, knocking down 9-of-13 three-pointers to tie Trinity's all-time record for three-pointers in a game.

Davidson Hubbard

Hubbard was the ODAC Player of the Week and scored a career-high and game-high 31 points (13-23 FGs, 3-9 3FGs, 2-2 FTs), adding a game-high nine rebounds, along with three assists, and two steals during an 85-67 road win at No. 7 John Carroll (then ranked No. 1) on Dec. 19. He followed that up with 12 points (5-10 FGs, 2-5 3FGs) and a game-high 10 rebounds during a 64-58 home win past Salisbury (MD) on Dec. 30.

Hunter Nielsen

Nielsen had a huge game on Saturday for the Vikings, posting the program's first ever triple-double in an 83-78 win over Wartburg. The senior did it the unconventional way, as he supplemented his 19 points and 13 rebounds with a career-best 10 blocks to achieve the feat. During the two contests the Vikings played at the Steven Moore Sunshine Classic on Dec. 19-20, Nielsen averaged 21 points and nine rebounds and was named All-Tournament Team. In the two week span, he was 23-of-30 from the field and shot 15-of-17 from the charity stripe.