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Feyonda Fitzgerald scored 29 points in a 75-72 win
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Fitzgerald Named Big 5 Player of the Week
11.17.14 | Women's Basketball
PHILADELPHIA - Temple women's basketball player Feyonda Fitzgerald earned a pair of honors this week, being named the Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Week, and also earning a spot on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll.
Fitzgerald poured in a career-high 29 points as the Owls opened the season with a 75-72 win over Big 5 rival La Salle. The sophomore netted the go-ahead jumper with 34 seconds remaining and chipped in a free throw down the stretch to seal the win. Fitzgerald added six rebounds and five assists to her stat line in the victory.Â
Temple is back in action on Tuesday with another Big 5 match-up. The Owls travel to Saint Joseph's for a 7 p.m. tip-off.Â
Philadelphia Big 5 Women's Weekly Awards
Player of the Week:
Feyonda Fitzgerald, So., G, Temple - 29 points, six rebounds, five assists in 75-72 win over La Salle
Women's Honor Roll
Sydney Stipanovich, Penn
Alicia Cropper, La Salle
American Athletic Conference Weekly Awards
Player of the Week:
Zykira Lewis * G * 5-8 * So. * UCF
Lewis scored a career-high 41 points in UCF's season opening win over Florida Atlantic, the second-best scoring output in program history. The sophomore shot 73.7 percent from the field (14-for-19) in the win over the Owls and tied the school record for most 3-pointers in a game, connecting on eight of her 10 attempts from 3-point range. UCF defeated FAU 94-74, marking the best season opening performance for the Knights since 1988.
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Freshman of the Week:
Kolby Morgan * G * 5-8 * Tulane
Morgan averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in a 2-0 week for the Green Wave. The freshman shot 12-for-21 (.571) from the field over the weekend and led all Tulane players with 16 points in the season opening win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday. She added 12 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench in a win at McNeese State on Sunday.
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis * F * 5-11 * Sr. * UConn
Courtney Williams * G * 5-8 * Jr. * USF
DeVaughn Gray * F * 5-11 * Jr. * East Carolina
Mooriah Rowser * G * 5-9 * R-So. * Memphis
Feyonda Fitzgerald * G * 5-7 * So. * Temple
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Fitzgerald poured in a career-high 29 points as the Owls opened the season with a 75-72 win over Big 5 rival La Salle. The sophomore netted the go-ahead jumper with 34 seconds remaining and chipped in a free throw down the stretch to seal the win. Fitzgerald added six rebounds and five assists to her stat line in the victory.Â
Temple is back in action on Tuesday with another Big 5 match-up. The Owls travel to Saint Joseph's for a 7 p.m. tip-off.Â
Philadelphia Big 5 Women's Weekly Awards
Player of the Week:
Feyonda Fitzgerald, So., G, Temple - 29 points, six rebounds, five assists in 75-72 win over La Salle
Women's Honor Roll
Sydney Stipanovich, Penn
Alicia Cropper, La Salle
American Athletic Conference Weekly Awards
Player of the Week:
Zykira Lewis * G * 5-8 * So. * UCF
Lewis scored a career-high 41 points in UCF's season opening win over Florida Atlantic, the second-best scoring output in program history. The sophomore shot 73.7 percent from the field (14-for-19) in the win over the Owls and tied the school record for most 3-pointers in a game, connecting on eight of her 10 attempts from 3-point range. UCF defeated FAU 94-74, marking the best season opening performance for the Knights since 1988.
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Freshman of the Week:
Kolby Morgan * G * 5-8 * Tulane
Morgan averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in a 2-0 week for the Green Wave. The freshman shot 12-for-21 (.571) from the field over the weekend and led all Tulane players with 16 points in the season opening win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday. She added 12 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench in a win at McNeese State on Sunday.
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis * F * 5-11 * Sr. * UConn
Courtney Williams * G * 5-8 * Jr. * USF
DeVaughn Gray * F * 5-11 * Jr. * East Carolina
Mooriah Rowser * G * 5-9 * R-So. * Memphis
Feyonda Fitzgerald * G * 5-7 * So. * Temple
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