NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Atlantic 10 Conference has named Saint Louis junior Brooke Flowers its A-10 Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Rhode Island freshman Catherine Cairns was selected as the league’s Rookie of the Week. The awards, presented by Air Force Reserve, were announced Monday and are for games played Feb. 15-21.
Flowers recorded her third consecutive double-double and fifth of the season in SLU's 64-57 win at Dayton, handing the Flyers their first A-10 loss of the season and first A-10 home defeat since Dec. 4, 2016. The forward/center from St. Louis, Mo., played all 40 minutes and registered team highs of 19 points (8-of-12 shooting) and 16 rebounds. She added game-highs of four blocks and two steals.
Cairns averaged 14.0 points off the bench in Rhody’s 1-1 week, leading the Rams with 17 points on 5-of-9 from long range at Duquesne. It was the third time this season the freshman has connected on at least five 3-pointers. In Rhody’s dominating 69-49 win over St. Bonaventure, the guard from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., scored in double digits for the second straight game, providing 11 points off the bench on 4-of-7 from the floor (57.1 percent). Cairns added three rebounds and two assists in the Ram’s ninth Atlantic 10 victory. On the week, Cairns shot 50 percent from the floor (10-20), and 61.6 percent from the charity stripe (8-13). This is the second A-10 Rookie honor for Cairns.
HONOR ROLL
Davidson’s Cassidy Gould averaged 15.5 points per game last week, nearly scoring a triple-double against George Mason (17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists)…Dayton’s Erin Whalen scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds in the game against Saint Louis…Flyers’ teammate Tenin Magassa grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, the most by a freshman in Dayton history and the third most in the A-10 this season, in the game against Saint Louis, also adding nine points, two assists, a block, and a steal in the effort as well…Precious Johnson led Duquesne with 20 points (8-10 FG) and nine rebounds in Duquesne's first-ever game at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse… GW’s Jasmine Whitney flirted with a triple-double for a third straight game, scoring 11 points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds and seven assists in GW's win over Davidson…Ali Brigham led the Colonials yet again in a win over Davidson with 14 points on 7-of-16 shooting (43.8%), adding five rebounds in 28 minutes of action… La Salle’s Kayla Spruill averaged 18.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.4 spg, and shot 41.7% from the floor this week as La Salle lost close road games to VCU (OT) and Richmond… Marie-Paule Foppossi led the Rams with 15.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in a 1-1 week, scoring a career-best 22 points on 7-of-13 from the floor at St. Bonaventure… Richmond’s Kate Klimkiewicz averaged 18.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, including a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds against the Hawks…Spider teammate Addie Budnik averaged 10.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game, 2.0 assists per game, 2.0 blocks per game and two steals per game and shot 57.1 percent from the field (8-for-14)… Sarah Te-Biasu averaged 11.0 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.0 spg and 1.5 rpg in VCU's two wins this week, including 13 points three rebounds in VCU's win over La Salle.