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KILLION GARNERS CACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD FOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

February 11, 2008

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NEW HAVEN, CT - Kelly Killion of Holy Family University has garnered Women's Basketball Player of the Week accolades in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) for the week ending Sunday, February 10. Holy Family's Catherine Carr picked up Rookie of the Week honors for the fourth time this season.

Killion, a 5-6 senior point guard from Pennsauken, NJ, led Holy Family to a 3-0 week with averages of 19.6 points, 6.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds per-game. She registered 24 points, six assists and four rebounds against Wilmington and added 20 points and six assists at Georgian Court. She shot 44.1-percent (15-for-34) from long range for the week, including 6-for-12 against Georgian Court and 6-for-13 against Wilmington.

Carr, a 6-0 freshman forward from Bernardsville, NJ, averaged 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per-game in a 3-0 week for the Tigers. She collected 18 points, 11 rebounds and two assists in a win over Philadelphia. She also tallied 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists against Wilmington.

Honorable Mention

Nordia Henry, Wilmington (Sr., C, 6-2, Philadelphia, PA) - Registered three double-doubles and averaged 16.3 points and 12.0 rebounds per-game.

Toni Jones, Goldey-Beacom (Sr., G/F, 5-9, Lewes, DE) - Tallied averages of 22.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per-game in a 2-0 week.

Ashley Webster, Philadelphia (Sr., F, 5-10, Philadelphia, PA) - Averaged 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per-game in a 1-1 week.

Tamyra Lathon, Nyack (Sr., G, 5-7, Temple Hills, MD) - In a 2-0 week, averaged 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per-game.

CACC Notes

Caldwell - The Cougars earned a pair of 17-point victories at Post and Bloomfield before falling at Nyack by five last week. Caldwell's 53-36 win at Bloomfield on Feb. 7 marked the lowest points allowed by the Cougars sine a 77-33 victory over Nyack on Feb. 14, 2004.

Chestnut Hill - Senior forward Tara Walsh topped 20 points for the third time this season against Wilmington. She scored 21 and collected seven rebounds while passing out three assists, making two blocks, and a steal. Walsh opened the week with 13 points and five rebounds against Goldey-Beacom College. She leads the Griffins in PPG (12.9), blocks (26), and FT% (69-of-84, 82.1%). Freshman guard Jessica Pruiti scored 14 against Goldey-Beacom, before grabbing a career-high nine rebounds in the contest against Wilmington. In her freshman year, she is averaging 8.2 PPG and 4.0 RPG. She is the Griffins' top three-point threat, hitting 34.4% (21-of-61) of her attempts from deep.

Felician - Sophomore forward Janelle Biamonte and senior forward Dee Dee Smith have combined to score 48.6 percent of the team's points on the season.

Georgian Court - After 82 seasons as the home of the Georgian Court Lions, The Casino hosted its final basketball game on Saturday in a 67-49 loss to Goldey-Beacom. The Lions, who have played in The Casino since 1926, will begin playing in their new Athletic Center next season. Seniors Stephanie Longdo, Kamilah Bergman and Jasmin Rodriguez played the final home game of their collegiate careers, as Georgian Court will play its final five games on the road.

Holy Family - Holy Family remained one of three undefeated teams in Division II by picking up three wins last week. The Tigers defeated Wilmington (81-64), Georgian Court (82-50) and Philadelphia (81-55). The wins clinch the southern division for Holy Family and gives the team home-court advantage in the first two rounds of the CACC Tournament. The Tigers are 22-0 overall and 13-0 in conference play. Holy Family is first in the NCAA Northeast Regional Rankings and seventh in the nation in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. Nationally, the Tigers are second in turnovers per game (13.4), third in assist/turnover ratio (1.22) and field goal defense (32.6), fourth in scoring defense (50.4) and ninth in scoring margin (+19.3). This week, Holy Family hosts Goldey-Beacom on Thursday and is at Dominican on Saturday. A win on Saturday will give Holy Family home-court advantage throughout the CACC Tournament.

Philadelphia - Head Coach Tom Shirley earned his 550th career coaching victory in the Lady Rams' win over the University of the Sciences on February 7th.

USP - Allison Weiss recorded a career-high 18 rebounds in USP's loss against Philadelphia Univ. on Thursday. All three of USP's games last week were decided by exactly nine points. In the last NCAA statistics report, Erin Chesnavich is ranked 11th nationally in field goal percentage (58.5%); 53rd in blocked shots (1.6/gm); 51st in rebounding (8.9 ppg.); 69th in free throw percentage (81.7%)and 87th in scoring (15.9 ppg.). Allison Weiss is ranked 45th nationally in rebounds (9.2); 71st nationally in free throw percentage (82.6%)and 82nd in assists (4.1/gm.). USP as a team is ranked 19th nationally in free throw percentage (75.1%); 7th in fewest personal fouls committed per game (13.9); 64th in field goal percentage defense (37.6%), 65th in rebound margin (3.7) and 68th in blocked shots/game (3.4). Weiss moved up to 15th on the Devils all-time scoring list with 797 career points; 7th on USP's all time rebound list with 626 and 10th on the Devils all-time blocked shot list, recording three this week to give her 53 for her career. Chesnavich moved into 18th place on the Devils all-time rebounding list with 359 for her career. Freshman Colleen Christian became just the eighth USP player to make 30 three-point field goals in a single season, making five this week to bring her season and career total to 32 (13th on USP's all-time list).