Larry & O'Connor Named NEWBA Weekly Award Winners

Fataya Larry
Rhode Island College
Senior • Forward • Brooklyn, N.Y.

Larry led the Anchorwomen to a 2-0 week while averaging 10.5 points, 15.0 rebounds, 3.0 blocks, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. She posted a double-double with 14 points (on 7-of-14 shooting), 16 rebounds, four blocks, three assists and two steals in a 75-54 victory at Bridgewater State on Tuesday. Larry followed that effort up with seven points, 14 boards, three assists, two blocks and two steals on Sunday in a 58-45 win over Roger Williams. Over the two games, Larry shot 55.6 percent from the field. 

Flannery O'Connor
Framingham State
Freshman • Forward • Amesbury, Mass.

O'Connor registered a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds (seven offensive) in Framingham State's only game last week, as the Rams rolled to a 93-70 win at Lasell on Tuesday. She shot 6-of-12 from the field and made all three of her free throw attempts in just 21 minutes of action.

• Lizzy Cretella, Eastern Connecticut (Sr. | Guard | Cheshire, Conn.) - In a 74-60 non-conference win at Connecticut College on Sunday, Cretella had 13 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and two steals. In 33 minutes, the senior guard shot 4-of-9 from the floor, 2-of-3 from distance and 3-of-4 from the foul line.
• Jenni-Rose DiCecco, Suffolk (Jr. | Guard | Falmouth, Mass.) - DiCecco produced 20 points, four steals, three rebounds and three assists in Suffolk's 63-47 victory at Curry on Tuesday. She connected on 8-of-11 (72.7%) shots from the field, including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, in the win.
• Jackie Luckhardt, Southern Maine (Sr. | Guard | Londonderry, N.H.) - Luckhardt continued to fill the stat sheet for USM, averaging 12.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 3.5 steals per game in a 1-1 week. In the Huskies' 62-49 win over Bates, Luckhardt finished with seven points, four boards, five assists and two steals. Luckhardt then shot 7-of-10 from the field on her way to an 18-point, 10-rebound, 5-assist, 5-steal performance in a two-point loss to Saint Joseph's. Overall, she shot 62.5 percent from the field for the week.
• Mary Kate O'Day, Framingham State (Sr. | Guard | Berlin, Mass.) - O'Day poured in a season-high 26 points to go along with nine rebounds, two assists and two steals in Framingham State's 93-70 win at Lasell on Tuesday. 
• Stevie Orton, Eastern Nazarene (So. | Guard | Gilford, N.H.) - Orton led Eastern Nazarene to a 2-0 week while averaging 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. She opened the week with a double-double against Pine Manor, recording 15 points, 11 rebounds and two assists in the 90-50 triumph. Orton then scored 20 points on 10-of-12 shooting to go with seven boards, one assist, one steal and one block in an 80-45 victory over Salve Regina.
• Samantha Roy, Bowdoin (Sr. | Guard | Stafford Springs, Conn.) - Roy paced the Polar Bears to a pair of non-conference wins last week, averaging 17.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game. She scored 14 points with four steals and three assists in a Tuesday night win over UNE, before posting a game-high 20 points with six boards at MIT on Saturday.