NEW YORK – Seton Hall freshman guard Jada Eads was named both the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Player and Freshman of the Week, announced on Monday. In a 69-49 victory at Butler, Eads scored a career-high 26 points for her fourth-straight game finishing with double digits.

Creighton senior guard Lauren Jensen, UConn redshirt senior guard Paige Bueckers, DePaul junior guard Taylor Johnson-Matthews, Georgetown graduate student guard Kelsey Ransom and Marquette sophomore guard Halle Vice named to this week’s honor roll.

BIG EAST Player and Freshman of the Week
Jada Eads, Seton Hall, Fr., G
Eads registered a career-high in scoring for a fourth-consecutive game, going for 26 points on 10-for-19 shooting, including 3-for-6 from three-point range in the 69-49 road win at Butler. Eads also had four steals and three rebounds.

BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Sr., G
Jensen led Creighton to a 75-56 BIG EAST win at St. John's with a team-best 23 points on 10-of-18 from the field.

Paige Bueckers, UConn, R-Sr., G
Bueckers recorded her fifth-straight 20-point game as she finished with 23 points on 8-for-12 shooting and 6-for-6 from the foul line in the 67-41 win versus Providence. 

Taylor Johnson-Matthews, DePaul, Jr., G
Johnson-Matthews registered her first career double-double (19 points, 10 rebounds) to go with a career-high six assists against Marquette.

Kelsey Ransom, Georgetown, Gr., G
In the 78-68 victory over UMES, Ransom led the charge with 29 points, six rebounds, seven assists and one steal. 

Halle Vice, Marquette, So., G
Vice finished with 17 points, a career-high tying 11 rebounds, a career-high five assists, two steals, and one block in the 79-58 win at DePaul.