HomeBasketball (W) Women's Basketball - Martinelli earns NEWMAC Player of the Week Honors
Women's Basketball - Martinelli earns NEWMAC Player of the Week Honors
Melissa Martinelli earned NEWMAC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season.
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(1/21/08)--Coast Guard Academy sophomore Melissa Martinelli was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Basketball Player of the Week as the Bears won two games to improve to 11-2 overall and remain unbeaten improving to 4-0 in league play.
Martinelli averaged 23 points and 6.5 rebounds as the Bears won at Springfield and at home against Wellesley. She shot 58.1 percent from the field (18-31) while making 10 of 13 from the foul line. Her best game was 25 point performance in the win at Springfield. This is the second time this season that Martinelli has been named NEWMAC Player of the Week.
