Patriot League Announces Lids Team Sports Women's Basketball Weekly Awards 1.25

PATRIOTLEAGUEDOTORG Kelsey Minato, Army West Point
PATRIOTLEAGUEDOTORG
Kelsey Minato, Army West Point
PATRIOTLEAGUEDOTORG
Jan. 25, 2016

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Bucknell sophomore guard Jacquie Klotz and American freshman forward Cecily Carl were named the Lids Team Sports Patriot League Women’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week following their performances during the eleventh week (Jan. 18-Jan.24) of the 2015-16 season. Klotz earns her third honor this season, while Carl receives the first of her collegiate career.

LIDS TEAM SPORTS PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
JACQUIE KLOTZ, BUCKNELL So., 6-1, F, Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Klotz helped the Bison continue their streak with another two wins to improve to 8-0 in League play, marking the first time in program history the squad has reached that record. The eight-game winning streak is also the second longest in Bucknell history. The sophomore guard averaged 21.5 points, 10 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks. After leading the team against Loyola on Wednesday with 22 points, she tallied another 21 in addition to 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season against Boston University on Saturday.

LIDS TEAM SPORTS PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
CECILY CARL, AMERICAN Fr., 6-3, F, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Carl registered a career-high 16 points in the Eagles' midweek contest with Lafayette. The freshman was 5-of-13 from the field and grabbed five rebounds. She also added a career-high five blocks in addition to coming up with a steal. Carl has scored in double figures in five-straight games for American and is the team’s leading scorer in Patriot League play, averaging 11.3 points per game.

HONORABLE MENTION

KELSEY MINATO, ARMY WEST POINT Sr., 5-8, G, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Minato collected a total of 48 points over the week, averaging 24 points a game. The senior shot 9-of-14 from the field against Holy Cross, in addition to adding four rebounds and four assists. Against Navy, she led the Black Knights with 22 points, which included a 4-of-8 mark from three-point range.

COLLEEN MARSHALL, LOYOLA MARYLAND Sr., 5-9, G, Gaithersburg, Md.
Marshall notched a career-best 11 made field goals against Colgate, totaling 27 points to help the Greyhounds earn the win over the Raiders, 65-49. The senior averaged 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, three assists, and four steals per game last week.

CHELSEY KOREN, COLGATE Fr., 5-10, G, Blairsville, Pa.
Koren earned the first two starts of her collegiate career and averaged nine points per game. In the first game of the week, the freshman drilled 4-of-6 shots from the field, which included a 2-of-2 mark from beyond the arc, for 12 points. In the next game against Loyola, Koren once again went 2-of-2 from downtown for six points.