Two PSU Women’s Hoopsters earn All-Conference honors
PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Two members of the Plymouth State
University women's basketball team were honored Tuesday for their
outstanding seasons in 2008-09, collecting post-season honors from
the Little East Conference as the team heads into post-season play.
Sophomore Amanda Kania (Manchester, N.H./West) was named to the All-LEC Second Team, and freshman Alicia Doucet (Manchester, N.H./Central) was selected to the LEC All-Rookie Team. They were two of the standout players that have helped the Panthers post a 16-10 record and receive their first post-season berth in six years.
A 5'11" forward, Kania (right) leads the Panthers and
ranks seventh in the LEC in scoring with 12.9 points per game, and
she tops the squad and ranks 10th in the league with 6.2
rebounds a contest. She's a 41-percent shooter from the
field, makes free throws at an 81 percent clip, and has connected
on 15 three-point baskets. A member of the LEC All-Rookie
Team a year ago, Kania was a two-time LEC Player of the Week this
season and became one of two players in the conference to score at
least 30 points in a game when she tossed in 34 in a win last month
at UMass Boston.
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5'11" forward, Doucet (left) ranks 15th in the
conference and second among freshmen with 10.1 points per game, and
she is 14th overall and third among rookies in rebounds
with 5.5 per outing. She posted three double-doubles in
points-rebounds this season and finished a rebound shy of a
double-double in three other games. Doucet was named Rookie of the
Week four times this season by the Little East and once by the New
England Women's Basketball Association.
Kania and Doucet and their teammates will travel to Nichols College this Wednesday, Mar. 4, for the first round of the ECAC Division III New England Tournament (5:00 p.m.). The eighth-seeded Panthers, led by veteran coach Lauren Lavigne, earned their first post-season berth since 2003 and will be looking to upset the top-seeded Bison.
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