O'Connor & Crossett Named NEWBA Weekly Award Winners

Flannery O'Connor
Framingham State 
Junior • Forward • Amesbury, MA

O'Connor scored 26 points, including her 1,000th career point, with 15 rebounds in the Rams 78-74 win over #6 Smith College. Nine of her 26 points came in the fourth quarter.

Sarah Crossett
Tufts
Freshman • Forward • Naperville, IL

In a 1-1 week for the Jumbos, Crossett averaged 19 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. She shot 9-of-12 from the field with 22 points, five boards and two assists in Tufts' win over Piedmont.

• Bailey Donovan, Husson (Jr. | Forward | Island Falls, ME) - Finished the week averaging a double-double with 19 points and 11.5 rebounds. Recorded an average of 4.5 blocks per game including six against Bates College, matching a career high. Finished with 24 points against Bates while shooting 63.6 percent from the floor on the week with two assists and one steal.
• Sydney Jones, Bowdoin (So. | Guard | Chestnut Hill, MA) - Bowdoin sophomore Sydney Jones was outstanding in a pair of road wins for the Polar Bears, who improved to 5-1 on the season with wins at Colby and WPI. Jones averaged 21.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals in the victories, including matching a career-high with 28 points against the Mules. Jones shot 61.9% from the field (13-21) for the weekend and went 15-16 from the free throw line.
• Jordan Moretti, UMass Dartmouth (Sr. | Guard | Johnston, RI) - Moretti tallied a triple-double for the Corsairs, with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists while shooting 5-9 (56%) from behind the arc.
• Angelina Nardolillo, RIC (So. | Forward | Hinsdale, NH) - Nardolillo had 23 points, 11 boards, three blocks, one assist and a steal as the Anchorwomen opened Little East play with a 67-56 win at Castleton on Dec. 3.
• Ericka Pratt, NEC (Sr. | Forward | Andover, CT) - Pratt averaged a double-double of 19.0 points and 16.3 rebounds per game with 3.3 assists and 3.3 steals, leading the ‘Grims to a 2-1 week. She started the week with a double-double in a win over Westfield State, scoring 17 points and pulling down 17 boards. Her top performance of the week came against Plymouth State on Thursday, scoring 30 points with 23 rebounds, four steals and two assists.

Bailey Donovan

Sydney Jones

Jordan Moretti

 Angelina Nardolillo

 Ericka Pratt

NEWBA Second Team

• Jordyn Franzen, UNE (Jr. | Guard | Salem, NH) - Made 2 free throws with 0.2 left in the 4th to force OT at WNEU, part of her 15 points after halftime as UNE rallied from deficits of seven (3rd) and eight (4th). Team-highs (points/rebounds) vs. Gordon, game-high (points) and team-high (rebounds; double-double) at WNEU.
• Kylie Grassi, Bridgewater St. (So. | Forward | Plymouth, MA) - Averaged 19 points, 5.3 rebounds, three assists and a steal in a 2-1 week for the Bears while shooting 48.6% (18-37) from the floor and 86.4% (19-22) at the free throw line. Scored a career-high 27 points and added four rebounds, two assists and a steal in a 95-91 victory over UMass Dartmouth. Earned All-Tournament honors at the Shooting Touch Tournament hosted by Williams College. Tallied 11 points, four rebounds, an assist, a steal and a blocked shot in a 78-56 setback to nationally ranked Babson College in the tournament semifinals; and 19 points, eight rebounds, six assists, a steal and a block in a 66-59 consolation round win over Keene State College.
• Jordan Ouellette, St. Joseph CT (Jr | Guard | Bristonl, CT) - Averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game in a 2-1 week for the Blue Jays. Dropped a career-high 29 points in the victory over Mitchell. Scored 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to lead USJ past Anna Maria in its GNAC opener on Saturday.
• Paula Pieper, MIT (Sr. | G | Greenville, SC) - In a 3-0 week for MIT, Paula Pieper averaged 17 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 38.7 minutes. She tallied 18 points, nine rebounds, and three assists while playing all 45 minutes in an 82-77 overtime win at Worcester State on Thursday. Pieper then posted 15 points and three steals in a 71-67 overtime victory at Brandeis on Saturday. She followed this up with a game-high 18 points to go along with three assists, three rebounds, and two steals in a 60-48 win over Maine Maritime on Sunday.
• Samantha Smith, Babson (Sr. | Forward | Greenfield, MA) - Smith averaged 13.7 points on 56.3 percent shooting to go along with 9.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and one block in a 3-0 week for No. 17 Babson. She recorded a double-double with 15 points and a season-high 14 rebounds in Wednesday's 85-56 victory at Brandeis. Over the weekend, Smith finished with 13 points and seven boards in both games on the way to earning Shooting Touch Classic MVP honors as the Beavers defeated Bridgewater State and Williams.

 Jordyn Franzen

 Kylie Grassi

Jordan Ouellette

 Paula Pieper

 Samantha Smith