NEWBA Announces Weekly Awards for Nov. 27

Cassandra Stapelfeld
Simmons College
Sophomore • Guard • Brookline, N.H.

Stapelfeld posted a trio of high-scoring performances last week for Simmons, as she averaged 28.0 points per game over three contests. Stapelfeld opened the week with 23 points, four steals and three rebounds in a 50-48 loss to Wellesley on Tuesday. In the opening game of the 20^th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Tournament against Old Westbury on Saturday, she scored 26 points to go with three boards, two assists and two steals in an 81-78 setback. Stapelfeld saved her best performance for the final game of the week, as she sank a program-record seven three-pointers on her way to a 35-point, nine-rebound, six-assist, three-steal, two-block effort as the Sharks defeated Medgar Evers College, 102-44 on Sunday. For the week, she shot 47.3 percent from the field, 65 percent from beyond the arc, and 86.4 percent from the charity stripe.

Peyton Perine
Curry College
Freshman • Center • Fairfax, Va.

Perine registered a double-double with 22 points and 16 rebounds in Curry's lone game last week, a 67-63 victory over Fitchburg State on Tuesday. The freshman center shot 8-for-19 (42.1 percent) from the floor and added two assists and two steals in 37 minutes.

• Nakira Examond, UMass Dartmouth (Senior | Forward | New Bedford, Mass.) - In just 16 minutes of action, Examond scored 22 points on 9-of-17 shooting, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots as the Corsairs defeated Roger Williams 88-62 on Tuesday.
• Hannah Graham, Bowdoin (Senior | Guard | Presque Isle, Maine) - Graham scored in double figures in a pair of double-digit non-conference wins for the Polar Bears last week. In the two wins over UNE and MIT, Graham averaged 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists while connecting on 9-13 (69.2%) of her shots from the field, including 5-7 from three-point range.  
• Angelina Marazzi, Fitchburg State (Junior | Guard | Manchester, N.H.) - Marazzi produced a double-double with 25 points and ten rebounds to go along with two assists and five steals in a 67-63 setback to Curry College on Tuesday evening in the Falcons lone contest of the week.
• Kelsi McNamara, Saint Joseph's (Maine) (Senior | Guard | West Newbury, Mass.) - McNamara led #17 Saint Joseph's past the University of Southern Maine with a career-high 37 points in a 71-51 road victory on Sunday evening. The senior guard shot 66.7 percent (12-18) from the field and 63.6 percent (7-11) from three-point distance en route to notching the second-highest point total in the 42-year history of the SJC women's basketball program.
• Julia Sanborn, Framingham State (Junior | Center | Dracut, Mass.) - In Framingham State’s only game last week, Sanborn recorded 20 points (on 8-of-14 shooting), eight rebounds, two blocks and one assist as the Rams posted a 72-60 triumph over Lasell on Tuesday.