Team of the Week

Jan 16, 2024

Peter Lash, Nebraska Wesleyan
Photo by Steve Frommell, 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
Tavon Jones, Sr. Nichols	G	Arieona Rosborough, Jr. Mary Hardin-Baylor
Peter Lash, Jr. Nebraska Wesleyan	G	Kacie Carollo, Jr. UW-Whitewater
Eli Larson, Jr. SUNY-Canton	F \| G	Bri O'Connor, Jr. Capital
Ryan Broeckel, Jr. Wisconsin Lutheran	F	Yasmine Santos, Sr. Mitchell
Austin Page, So. Texas-Dallas	C \| F	Taylor Salato, Jr. Eastern Connecticut
Games of Jan. 8-14, 2024 \| Previous seasons \| All-time honorees

Women's

Arieona Rosborough

Rosborough averaged 33 points over two road wins for the Cru last week. She scored 30 points in UMHB's overtime win at No. 19 Hardin-Simmons, adding 15 rebounds, seven assists, and three steals. Rosborough followed that with a new school single-game scoring record with 36 points at McMurry. On the week, she averaged 33 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, and four steals, hitting 27 of 32 from the free throw line in two games.

Kacie Carollo

Carollo hit two career milestones the past week, scoring her 1,000th career point and recording her 500th career rebound in the 80-70 win over UW-Stout. Against the Blue Devils, Carollo scored a career-high 30 to lead all players; she hit 11-16 from the floor, including 3-3 from downtown and added eight rebounds and six steals. Earlier in the week she tallied 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 53-44 win over UW-Stevens Point, to help the Warhawks remain undefeated at 15-0.

Bri O'Connor

O'Connor led Capital to a 2-0 week with wins over Heidelberg and Ohio Northern in conference play. She had her two highest scoring totals of the season, with 26 at Heidelberg and 24 vs ONU. She shot 56% from the floor and 71% from three, averaging 25 points, five rebounds, three assists, and five steals on the week.

Yasmine Santos

Santos averaged 38 points and 14 rebounds across two games for the Mariners this week. She added three assists and two steals in the two conference games, while shooting 56% from the floor and 81% from the free thrown line. Santos began the week with a 36 point, 15 rebounds performance against Albertus Magnus, while also dishing out five assists, then finished with a career-high 39 points to go along with 13 rebounds, three steals, one assist, and one block against Regis.

Taylor Salato

Salato averaged 26 points and 20 rebounds with three double-doubles in a 2-1 week against Little East Conference competition. She had career-highs of 35 points and 23 rebounds in a 62-59 win at Keene State; 12 points and 17 rebounds in a 65-39 home loss to VTSU Castleton, and 30 points and 20 rebounds in a 59-52 win at Plymouth State. Salato shot 80% (21-of-26) from the foul line with six blocked shots and four assists.

Men's

Tavon Jones

Jones tallied 29 points per game on 52% shooting to lead the Bison through a 2-0 week, which included a 41-point performance in a come-from-behind overtime win at Suffolk. Jones also recorded double-doubles in each of the team's matchups, totaling 23 rebounds with four assists and three steals.

Peter Lash

Lash had two monster games in key ARC wins for Nebraska Wesleyan this week. In an 88-82 win at Central, he scored 34 with nine rebounds, playing every minute of the game. AT Coe, in a 65-63 win, he went for 18 and 16 with two assists and six steals. On the week, Lash averaged 26 points, 13 rebounds, and four steals, shooting 53% from the field and hitting 11 of 12 free throws.

Eli Larson

Larson averaged 21 points, 13 rebounds, and two assists per game, shooting 72% from the field (18-for-25) as the Roos leapt to a 2-0 unbeaten weekend in NAC play. He opened the week with 18 points, 16 rebounds, and a block in a 77-68 win against Maine Presque Isle on Friday, then closed out the week with a team-high 23 points and nine rebounds to go with three assists as Canton handed Husson their first conference loss.

Ryan Broeckel

Broeckel continues to put up impressive stats for the Warriors, averaging 30 points, 11 rebounds, and four blocks per game in a pair of home wins over Lakeland (97-86) and Rockford (84-68). Against the Muskies, he scored a season-high 34 points to go along with 12 rebounds and five blocks. Against the Regents, Broeckel notched 26 points and 10 rebounds while adding three assists, three steals, and three blocks. Broeckel shot 61% (25-for-41) from the floor on the week.

Austin Page

Page averaged 24 points, six rebounds, and three blocks per game while shooting 74% (17-for-23) from the field, leading the Comets to a pair of home conference wins. He went 6-for-9 from the floor, recording 20 points, four boards, and three blocks in Thursday's 79-71 victory over East Texas Baptist. Page followed with a career-high 28 points, eight rebounds, and three more blocks while going 11-for-14 shooting in Saturday's 103-81 win against LeTourneau.