Newport News, Va. – Fordham’s Emily Tapio and George Washington’s Jonquel Jones have been named Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Co-Players of the week, while Charise Wilson of Rhode Island was tabbed as the Rookie of the Week for games played Feb. 2-8.
Tapio averaged a double-double for the week with 14.5 points and 13.0 rebounds per game to go along with 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 50 percent (13-of-26) from the field. She scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds in a 54-51 victory over St. Bonaventure. She knocked down 6-of-12 field goals and also handed out two assists. After battling foul trouble in the first half, Tapio scored 11 of her 13 points in the second stanza in a game where the Rams were struggling on offense. It was her first double-double of the season and the fifth of her career. Tapio then put the Rams on her back in the second half in their come-from-behind victory at Saint Joseph's. She scored 14 of her game-high 16 points after halftime and hit the game-winning layup with eight seconds left to give the Rams their first lead of the game, 48-47. She then rejected Hawks' all-conference performer Natasha Cloud's potential game-winning shot with less than three seconds remaining to secure the victory.
Jones averaged a double-double of 15.0 points and 15.5 rebounds and added 3.5 assists per game to lead GW to victories over A-10 rivals Davidson and Dayton. The Naismith Trophy candidate had 12 points, 13 rebounds and four assists in the Colonials' win over Davidson, then posted her 14th double-double of the season, including ninth in A-10 play, with 18 points and a career-high tying 18 rebounds in GW's 67-56 victory over Dayton. Jones was 2-for-4 from three-point range against the Flyers with both threes coming during a 17-2 run in the first half, and she added three helpers.
Wilson scored career-high 33 points in win over Massachusetts. The 33 points was the highest by any player in an A-10 conference game this season. For the week, she averaged 21.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 1.0 assists. She then also scored 10 points at St. Bonaventure despite fouling out with more than five minutes to go in the game.
A-10 Honor Roll
Davidson’s Mackenzie Latt averaged 11 points and 11 rebounds per game last week … Andrea Hoover of Dayton averaged 16.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games for UD … Amadea Szamosi of Duquesne scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a win over VCU … George Mason’s Taylor Brown averaged 24.5 points in a 1-1 for the Patriots, while her teammate Qierra Murray recorded five steals in a win over Davidson … Amy Griffin of La Salle scored 17 point in a win over UMass … Kim Pierre-Louis of UMass scored 33 points and finished 14-for-18 from the floor (77.8 percent) at La Salle . It was Pierre-Louis’ second career 30 points game and the seventh in Minutewomen history … Saint Joseph’s Natasha Cloud averaged 14.5 points and 9.0 rebounds, including 16 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals versus Fordham, and reached the 1,000 point mark for her career with a three-pointer in the first half … Jamesia Price of Saint Louis registered her first career double-double (18 points, game- and season-high 10 rebounds) and added four assists and three steals in 42 minutes at Richmond, while SLU rookie Jackie Kemph scored 18 points (14 in the second half and OT) on 8-of-9 shooting and added four assists at UR.