Agnew, Siegrist Earn Latest #BIGEASTwbb Weekly Awards
BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Player of the Week
Jaylyn Agnew, Creighton, Sr., F
Agnew snags her fifth BIG EAST Player of the Week nod after scoring a career-high 38 points in Creighton’s win at Providence on Saturday. The 38-point total matches the highest output by a player in BIG EAST play since Louisville’s Angel McCoughtry dropped 43 against the Friars on Jan. 31, 2009. Since 2009, only six other players have reached the 38-point threshold, with DePaul’s Brittany Hrynko being the most recent prior to Agnew, doing so on Jan. 4, 2015. Agnew was 14-of-21 from the field and 7-of-11 from deep on Saturday, matching the BIG EAST single-game high for three-pointers in a game this season. She added four assists and two rebounds as the Bluejays improved to 7-5 on the year.
BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova, R-Fr., F
Siegrist ties the conference record with her 10
th BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honor after finishing third in the league in scoring last week with 21.0 average. The redshirt-freshman added 7.5 rebounds and shot over 41 percent from the field in a 1-1 road swing at Xavier and Butler. She scored a team-high 21 points in each game, with Friday’s total against the Musketeers marking a game high. Siegrist remains the BIG EAST’s top scorer overall, averaging 20.2 points over 24 games this season. In conference play she ranks third with an 18.3 clip, while listing second in rebounding at 9.2 per game. Siegrist’s 10
th top rookie certificate ties Connecticut’s Maya Moore (2007-08) and Georgetown’s Natalie Butler (2013-14) for the league record.
BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Kristen Spolyar, Butler, Sr., G
Spolyar led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 weekend, averaging 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.5 steals, highlighted by a 25-point, six-steal showing in Sunday’s win over Villanova.
Chante Stonewall, DePaul, Sr., F
Stonewall finished as the BIG EAST’s No. 2 scorer last week, leading the Blue Demons to a pivotal 2-0 swing at St. John’s and Seton Hall. She averaged 22.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists, including a double-double of a career-high 29 points and 10 rebounds against the Pirates on Sunday.
Taylor Barnes, Georgetown, Grad., G
In a 1-1 road swing for the Hoyas, Barnes averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals, posting game-high points at Butler (17) and Xavier (18).
Shadeen Samuels, Seton Hall, Sr., F
Samuels averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.0 steals in a 1-1 weekend against No. 14/14 DePaul and Marquette. The senior shot 60 percent from the field and added a pair of blocks.
Mary Gedaka, Villanova, Sr., F
Gedaka posted back-to-back double-doubles in a 1-1 road swing for the Wildcats, averaging 16.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and .481 shooting. Her rebounding clip ranked second in the BIG EAST last week.