New York University has been dominant all season and that's reflected in our Region 4 awards. Natalie Bruns is our Player of the Year and Meg Barber our Coach of the Year, plus Gigi Gamble from Kean is the Rookie of the Year.
The final month of the regular season has arrived and a LOT will happen in the closing weeks. On Monday's Hoopsville, we chat with programs that may not be garnering a lot of looks. Watch On Demand or listen to the podcast here!
UW-Oshkosh and Albion created three-way ties for first place atop the WIAC and MIAA standings by beating No. 17 UW-Eau Claire and No. 12 Trine on Wednesday night. Elsewhere, No. 1 Trinity (Texas) opened a tough week with a road win at Schreiner and Kean stayed one game in front of the NJAC pack.
D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
Wayne, N.J. (1/18/23) – Senior Shannon McCoy poured in a career high 41 points, while tying a single game record with 10 treys as the Kean University women’s basketball team defeated host William Paterson University, 85-70, Wednesday night in NJAC action.
We are now into the month of February and the stretch run to conference tournaments and NCAA glory is here. Today on a special afternoon edition of Hoopsville, we chat with teams who have positioned themselves on top of their conferences. Watch the archives and listen to the podcast here.
Payce Lange becomes the second player from Kean to be named the Atlantic Region Player of the Year while Demetrius Poles of Rowan is Coach of the Year and the Rookie of the Year is split between Reilly Boehm of CCNY and Nickie Carter of Montclair State.
On a night when most ranked teams won playoff games by comfortable margins, there were still a few surprises. The lower seeds won in the NEWMAC and NJAC tournaments and Ohio Northern won again in the OAC.
Saturday brought the end of the regular season for much of Division III and the start of the postseason for a few conferences. Kean ensured the NJAC will have a new champion and Texas-Dallas ended the regular season on a very high note.
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In December Ryan Scott gave you his list of the top 10 point guards in Division III basketball. You suggested some others and so Ryan returns with 10 more elite point guards with several from teams that traditionally get less attention, like UC Santa Cruz.
Union, N.J. (1/21/17) – Sophomore Marajiah Bacon netted her 1,000th career point in helping the Kean University women’s basketball team to a 71-65 win over The College of New Jersey in NJAC action on Saturday.
It's been a while since the Kean women have made noise nationally, but the Cougars will have a chance to do so tomorrow night. They travel to Montclair State with hopes of taking over first place in the NJAC. Sarah Sommer has more in Around the Atlantic.
So you can probably guess who the player of the year is, but 24 others have been selected from the thousands who play Division III women's basketball as our All-Americans. Plus we name our Coach and Rookie of the Year.
Four years ago, the NCAA brought down sanctions on the Kean women's basketball team. It's taken a while for the new coach to get the culture completely changed, but it's brought a winning attitude with it.
Union, N.J. (11/20/14) – Top ranked FDU-Florham pushed their winning streak to 36 games as they defeated the Kean University women’s basketball team by the final of 97-61 Thursday evening in non-conference action.
Union, N.J. (11/15/14) – The Kean University women’s basketball team had all 16 players see action on their way to an opening 90-49 victory over Simmons College in the season opener for both on Saturday.
Union, N.J. (2/22/14) – The Kean University women’s basketball team stormed to a second half dominance to pull away from Richard Stockton College, 79-53, Saturday evening in NJAC First Round action.
Galloway, N.J. (2/10/14) – Rookie Jaquetta Owens hit the game-winning bucket with just seconds on the clock as the Kean University women’s basketball team battled back from a double-digit deficit to top Richard Stockton College, 81-79.
UNION, N.J. (1/25/14) – The Kean University women's basketball team overcame a 23-point second half deficit to stun The College of New Jersey 75-65 in overtime on Saturday. The Cougars used a 30-6 run to complete their epic comeback and move to 10-7 on the year and 7-3 in the NJAC. The Lions are now 11-6 and 8-3 in the conference.
That's where George Fox's winning streak finished when the Missionaries beat the Bruins on Saturday night. Kean turned back the clock against Montclair State and the top of the MIAC standings got even more crowded.
Union, N.J. (11/26/13) – Junior Stephanie Carlone netted a game-high 22 points as she led the Kean University women’s basketball team past visiting Ramapo College by the final of 88-54 Tuesday evening in NJAC action.
UNION, N.J. (2/11/13) – Erika Jones led the Kean University women’s basketball team with 12 points on her senior night but the Cougars could not overtake No. 5 Montclair State University in a 71-42 NJAC game on Monday night. Jones and fellow senior Kyanne Sager were honored in a pregame ceremony by the Kean athletic department.
UNION, N.J. (1/16/13) – Senior Erika Jones scored a career-high 44 points, breaking a Kean single-game record in the process, but it wasn’t enough as Richard Stockton defeated the Kean University women’s basketball team, 82-76.
UNION, N.J. (1/14/13) – Senior Erika Jones recorded her fifth straight double-double, but it wasn’t enough as #6/5 Amherst College defeated the Kean University women’s basketball team 81-53 on Monday evening.
Nearly a year after the news first broke, the result of the NCAA's investigations into Kean were released and include a show-cause penalty and postseason ban for women's basketball.
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. (3/2/12) – The Kean University women’s basketball team were knocked out of the NCAA Division III tournament, falling to Messiah College, 73-50, in the opening round at University of Mary Washington on Friday evening.
UNION, N.J. (2/24/12) – William Paterson University senior guard BriAnna Lucas scored all 15 of her points in the second half to lead the visiting Pioneers to a come-from-behind 79-69 win over host Kean University for the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship on Friday evening.
UNION, N.J. (2/21/12) – Junior guard Naimah Clemons and Brittanie Payne combined for 40 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Kean University women’s basketball team to a 76-68 win over Montclair State University in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Semifinals on Tuesday evening.
D3hoops.com 2024 women's All-Region 4 team
March 12, 2024New York University has been dominant all season and that's reflected in our Region 4 awards. Natalie Bruns is our Player of the Year and Meg Barber our Coach of the Year, plus Gigi Gamble from Kean is the Rookie of the Year.
