Marymount Senior Kievanna Lacey Earns CAC Women's Basketball Weekly Honors
YORK, Pa. -- Marymount senior Kievanna Lacey was named the CAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week for Feb. 22, 2016.
Player of the Week
Kievanna Lacey | Marymount | Sr. | G
Morrisville, Pa. | Morrisville
Marymount senior Kievanna Lacey was named the CAC Player of the Week after guiding the Saints to a 2-0 week and the regular season title with averages of 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game. Marymount defeated Salisbury on Wednesday before snapping No. 17 Christopher Newport's 17-game winning streak on Saturday to seal up the top seed in the postseason tournament. Against Salisbury, Lacey posted 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals. Against CNU, she tallied 23 points along with four boards, four assists and four steals. She also went 17-for-20 (85%) at the free throw line for the week.
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (2/22)
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Jessica Daguilh, Fr., F,Clifton, Va./Fairfax
FROSTBURG STATE: Kirsten Rayner, Jr., F, Lonaconing, Md./Northern Garrett
MARY WASHINGTON: Kendall Parker, So., G, Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford
PENN STATE HARRISBURG: Kiara Carter, Sr., F, Bronx, N.Y./Milton Hershey
ST. MARY'S: Nina Haller, Jr., C, Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase
SALISBURY: Mary McDonagh, So., P, Lido Beach, N.Y./Long Beach
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Merideth Ouellette, Fr., G , Suffield, Conn./Suffield
YORK: Sam Hruz, Jr., F, White Marsh, Md./Mercy
NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE
The CAC Tournament begins on Tuesday with first-round action at Mary Washington and York. Third-seeded Mary Washington will host sixth-seeded St. Mary's at 6 p.m. on the front end of a playoff doubleheader, while fourth-seeded York will host fifth-seeded Salisbury at 6 p.m. ... Top-seeded Marymount and second-seeded Christopher Newport earned first round byes and will host Thursday's semifinals ... This marks the third straight year that the same six CAC teams will be competing in the conference postseason ... Three CAC teams are ranked in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings - Christopher Newport (No. 4), Mary Washington (No. 5), and Marymount (No. 6) ... In the D3hoops.com Week 10 national rankings, Christopher Newport is No. 16 and Mary Washington is No. 25 ... CNU is also ranked in the WBCA / USA TODAY Coaches' Poll, at No. 17, while Marymount and UMW are receiving votes ... CNU saw its 17-game winning streak snapped in the regular season finale to Marymount ... Frostburg State's Kirsten Rayner finished off her season with an average of 17.0 PPG in the final two games of the season ... Sophomore Kendall Parker led Mary Washington to wins over Southern Virginia and Penn State Harrisburg last week, scoring 14 points on Wednesday and 11 on Saturday. She made 6-of-13 three point baskets for the week, making 9-of-18 shots in all ... Marymount's Kievanna Lacey sits in sixth in the conference in scoring with 13.6 points per game and fifth in steals per game (2.7). The Saints rank No.4 in the country, and tops in the CAC, in scoring defense (45.9 PPG allowed) ... St. Mary's Nina Haller had a near triple-double in the loss at No. 17 CNU with 16 points, 12 rebounds and a career-best seven blocks. She finished the week with her 10th double-double on a game-best 17 points and 13 boards ... Salisbury's Mary McDonagh scored a team-high 14 points and hit four three pointers vs. Marymount on Wednesday, and capped the week with 11 points, seven boards and five assists in a 30-point win over Frostburg State on Saturday ... Merideth Ouellette led Southern Virginia in scoring against UMW last week. She ranks second on the team with 12 PPG this year and ranks seventh in the CAC in assists per game (3.1 APG) ... York's Sam Hruz had a career-high 13 assists with zero turnovers in the Spartans' road win at Frostburg State.