CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Army West Point senior Kelsey Minato and Colgate freshman Mylah Chandler were named the Lids Team Sports Patriot League Women’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week for their performances during the fifth week of the 2015-16 season. Minato helped the Black Knights to their fourth and fifth-straight wins of the season in addition to becoming the first player in program history to surpass 2,000 career points, while Chandler chipped in a total of 16 points and was 8-of-12 (.667) from the field last week for the Raiders as she continued to see significant playing time.

LIDS TEAM SPORTS PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
KELSEY MINATO, ARMY WEST POINT Sr., 5-8, G, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Over the course of the two games last week, Minato shot over 50 percent from the field (.581) and from the three-point range (.565) to help Army West Point to a pair of road wins. The 74-35 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn and 71-35 win over NJIT were the fourth and fifth-straight wins for the Black Knights, improving their overall record to 8-1 on the season. After hitting a season-high 30 points and Academy-record tying eight three-pointers on Tuesday against the Terriers, Minato contributed 22 points, including five three-pointers, and tied a career-high four steals against the Highlanders on Friday. More impressively though, the senior’s first basket against NJIT -- a trey just 1:29 into the game – marked a milestone for Minato. She joined just three other players from Army that reached the elite feat of 2,000 career points, becoming the first from the women’s program to do so. 

LIDS TEAM SPORTS PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
MYLAH CHANDLER, COLGATE Fr., 5-10, F, Albany, N.Y.
In front of the first official sellout crowd at Cotterell Court against No. 1 UConn on Wednesday, Chandler matched a game-high five rebounds and two steals. The rookie also chipped in six points, going 3-of-6, after posting six points against Binghamton on Dec. 7. Against Gonzaga on Sunday, Chandler recorded four points to bring her weekly total to 16 and was 8-of-12 (.667) from the field. She also continued to see significant playing time for the Raiders, reaching double-digit minutes in all eight games this season. Chandler saw 21 minutes of action against the Huskies and then recorded a season-high 23 minutes against the Bulldogs. Over the three games, she averaged 19.7 minutes per contest.

HONORABLE MENTION

TAYLOR DUNHAM, NAVY So., 5-4, G, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Dunham contributed 13 points and a game-high five assists in 23 minutes during Navy’s home win over Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, 77-45. She then followed up with a career-high six three-pointers made in the Mids’ overtime loss to Kansas on Sunday, 61-54. Dunham led Navy with 24 points against the Jayhawks – her second-best scoring game of her season and career – and also hauled in six rebounds.

LISA MIFSUD, HOLY CROSS Sr., 5-7, G, Erie, Pa.
Mifsud collected a season-high 17 points in the Crusaders’ 75-67 loss to UMass-Lowell on Wednesday, then helped Holy Cross to its third win of the season on Saturday -- a 58-44 victory over Manhattan – with 14 points, four assists, and a pair of rebounds. She was 5-of-10 from the field, including a 4-of-6 mark from beyond the arc. Mifsud played in her 100th game as a Crusader against the Jaspers and is now ninth all-time at Holy Cross with 118 career treys made.

PAIGE KRIFTCHER, COLGATE Sr., 5-9, G, Port Washington, N.Y.
Kriftcher was almost unstoppable from three-point land in front of Colgate’s first official sellout crowd at Cotterell Court against No. 1 UConn on Wednesday. The senior netted 21 points on a career best 7-of-8 from beyond the arc, including a sinker well beyond the top of the key at the buzzer to make it 26-16, in favor of the Huskies, at the end of the first quarter. Kriftcher is averaging 13.8 points per game and has made 18 treys so far this season.

ALEX CANTWELL, LAFAYETTE Fr., 5-10, G, Glen Head, N.Y.
Cantwell posted new season-highs with eight rebounds and four steals in Lafayette’s only game of the week, a 69-48 road loss to Wagner. In 21 minutes of play, the freshman didn’t commit a single turnover and pitched in six points.