D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position with the top performances of the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
No. 3 Scranton and Tufts secured home court for their upcoming conference playoffs with dramatic wins on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, No. 5 Smith all but locked up the NEWMAC and Pomona-Pitzer spoiled No. 23 La Verne's bid for SCIAC perfection. Read about it here.
There is a plethora of potent post players in the West, and Hannah Spaulding of St. Thomas leads the pack as our West Region Player of the Year. Pomona-Pitzer's Jill Pace and Carly Leong grab the Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards respectively.
The Great Lakes Region hosted three thrilling title games with each one finishing more dramatically than the last. Upsets on each coast burst someone's bubble somewhere and six programs punched their first ever ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Get the full recap from our fullest day of the year.
Wartburg point guard Katie Sommer leads our West Region team as Player of the Year. Willamette's Peg Swadener takes home Coach of the Year honors and Emma Godfrey of Pomona-Pitzer is Rookie of the Year.
A new season brings a new voice to our Around the Nation column, and coaching changes to some schools that haven't had one in decades. Ryan Scott spoke with the new coaches at East Texas Baptist, Pomona-Pitzer, Roanoke, Rowan and Stockton about their managing the transition.
After playing and coaching in New England, Jill Pace is headed to Southern California where she’ll be the next head coach at Pomona-Pitzer. She replaces Kathy Connell who retired in March after 20 seasons with the Sagehens.
Pomona-Pitzer women’s basketball coach Kathy Connell will retire after an extensive 38-year coaching career. Connell, who has coached for 20 years at Pomona-Pitzer, mentored teams at four institutions during her coaching tenure.
Claremont, Calif. - Basha Brulee-Wills closed out her sophomore season with a career-high 32 points to go along with 12 rebounds to lead a Pomona-Pitzer comeback from a 20-point second-half deficit, but it wasn't quite enough as Whittier held on for a 79-72 win in the season finale for both teams on Tuesday night.
Claremont, Calif. - Junior forward Amelia Hummel had a career-high 31 points on 14-19 shooting, pulled down a career-high tying 17 rebounds, and added five blocks and four assists, to lead the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team to an 81-52 win over Caltech on Saturday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - Alaina Woo hit a pivotal three-pointer with 1:34 to go and Basha Brulee-Wills had 26 points and 10 rebounds, including six points in the final minute, as the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team defeated Occidental 69-63 on Wednesday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
La Verne, Calif. - Basha Brulee-Wills and Amelia Hummel both had double-doubles, but the La Verne Women's Basketball team was able to hold off a late rally for a 68-62 home win over the Sagehens on Saturday afternoon.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. - Jessica Salottolo had 18 points to lead the Cal Lutheran Women's Basketball to an 81-62 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday evening in a SCIAC match-up.
Pasadena, Calif. - Sophomore guard Alaina Woo knocked down eight three-pointers on her way to a career-high 25 points to help the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team overcome a slow start and capture a 68-60 win over Caltech on Wednesday evening.
Claremont, Calif. - Kimberly Scamman had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the CMS Women's Basketball team to a 71-41 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - The Redlands Women's Basketball team used 11-0 and 8-0 runs midway through the second half to pull ahead and then hung on late for a 61-55 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - Sophomore Basha Brulee-Wills had 23 points and 16 rebounds but it wasn't quite enough as the Cal Lutheran Women's Basketball team remained perfect in the SCIAC with a narrow 67-59 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday afternoon at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - The La Verne Women's Basketball team used a late first-half run to take an 11-point lead at the break and held off Pomona-Pitzer the rest of the way for a 69-55 win on Wednesday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Los Angeles - Junior forward Amelia Hummel scored on a put back off a missed foul shot with 51 seconds left to break a 56-56 tie and help give the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team a 61-56 road win over Occidental in its SCIAC opener on Saturday afternoon.
Claremont, Calif. - The Bethesda University Women's Basketball team opened the game on a 16-2 run and went on to capture a 64-35 win over Pomona-Pitzer on New Year's Eve at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - Sarah Assante had 19 of her 23 points in the second half on 8-9 shooting to lead the Saint Joseph's College (Maine) Women's Basketball team to a hard-fought 66-60 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Tuesday afternoon at Voelkel Gymnasium.
La Mirada Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team cut a 14-point Biola lead down to five in the second half, but the Eagles were able to regroup and pull away for a 77-62 win at Chase Gym.
Claremont, Calif. - Jenna Orth had 15 points on 7-9 shooting to lead the Augsburg Women's Basketball team to a 67-50 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday on the second day of the David Wells Classic at Harvey Mudd's Linde Activities Center.
Claremont, Calif. - Senior forward Sarah Mackey had a triple-double for the UC Santa Cruz Women's Basketball team with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 11 blocks to lead the Banana Slugs to a 62-56 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Friday afternoon on the first day of the David Wells Classic.
Claremont, Calif. – Junior forward Jenn Okonkwo and sophomore forward Basha Brulee-Wills both had double-doubles as the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team controlled the paint and earned a 69-50 win over Linfield on Tuesday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - Sophomore forward Basha Brulee-Wills had a game-high 17 points and a key steal late in the game to give the Sagehens a chance to tie, but Pacific Lutheran held on for a 58-56 win in the season opener for both teams on Saturday at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Women's Basketball team used a 14-0 run late in the first half to break open a close game and capture a 62-44 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Thursday evening at Voelkel Gymnasium.
Claremont, Calif. - Senior forward Asha Gipson had 23 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and seven steals to lead the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Basketball team to an 89-73 win over Arizona Christian on Friday evening at Voelkel Gymasium.
Team of the Week
February 20, 2023D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 26th season, honoring the best players at each position with the top performances of the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
