NEWBA Awards For Feb. 10 Announced

Hannah Brickley
Trinity College
Senior • Forward • Melrose, Mass.



Hannah Brickley has been named the New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA)/Prestosports Player of the Week for February 10 after helping the Bantams to a pair of victories last week.  In a three point NESCAC win over Wesleyan College, Brickley scored 18 points, pulled down 10 rebounds, with four assists and a pair of steals.  The junior then followed that up with 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Bantams beat Connecticut College 58-48.  For the week, Brickley connected on 47% of her shots from the floor and 80% from the free throw line.

Ava Adamopolous
Springfield College
Freshman • Center • Ludlow, Mass.

Ava Adamopolous is the NEWBA/Prestosports Rookie of the Week for February 10. Adamopoulos has helped put the Pride on a three-game win streak, averaging 18.5 points per game this week. In the last three games, Springfield has posted wins by 19, 22 and 24 points. The first year went off for 26 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs, in just 27 minutes in a 63-41 conference win over Clark this week. In a 69-45 win over Wellesley, Adamopoulos contributed 11 points off the bench on 5-of-7 shooting, plus six boards in 17 minutes.

• Kylie Shoemaker, Wheaton College (Mass.) (So., F, Fayetteville, N.Y.) - Shoemaker helped keep Wheaton at the NEWMAC summit by averaging 21.5 points and 13.5 rebounds.   The sophomore forward scored 25 points and corralled 16 rebounds while adding five blocks in a win over Coast Guard, then added 18 points, 11 rebounds, and six blocks in a victory over WPI.
• Denisha Parks, Elms College (Jr., F, Fall River, Mass.) - Parks helped the Blazers to a pair of league wins by averaging 27 points and 10.5 rebounds.  The junior scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Bay Path, followed by a 20 point, 10 rebound performance against Lesley University.  For the week, Parks shot 63.6% from the field.
• Aliah Curry, Norwich University (Jr., G, Windsor, Mass.) - Curry averaged 28.3 points per game in a 2-1 week for the Cadets. 34 of Curry's weekly total was scored as the free-throw line, as she connected on 87.2 percent of her 39 attempts. 14 of her 29 points in Norwich's win against Plymouth State on Tuesday were scored at the foul line. She added a 24-point performance, including an 11-11 effort at the free-throw line, in a loss against St. Joseph, and concluded the week with 32 points on 45.8 percent field goal shooting against Anna Maria.
• Kelsey Cahill, Colby-Sawyer College (Jr., F, Cumberland, R.I.) - Cahill led the Chargers to a pair of important victories over the third and fourth teams in the conference standings. She averaged a double-double of 18 points and 10.5 rebounds, while shooting 56.5 percent. In a 65-55 win over Maine Maritime, Cahill scored 17 points on 6-10 and pulled down 12 rebounds. In the Chargers' 56-49 victory over Husson, Cahill scored 19 and grabbed nine boards. She added six blocks and five steals during the week. 
• Janaya Bradley, Regis College (Mass.) (Jr., G, New Haven, Conn.) - Janaya Bradley averaged 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in a two win week for the Pride. She scored a career high 22 points, including 4 three-pointers, while also adding eight rebounds, three assists, and one steal in a win over Mitchell on Thursday. The victory marked Regis' 50th consecutive regular season NECC win. Bradley added 13 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and one steal in a win over Newbury on Saturday. 

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