Iavarone Appears on D3Hoops.com National Team of the Week
Written by Andrew Capitelli (SJC-LI Sports Information)
Patchogue, NY| Junior forward Andrea Iavarone of the St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's basketball team collected her second weekly honor of the week on Monday afternoon when she was included in D3Hoops.com's Team of the Week for the week ending January 8. Iavarone becomes the first player in program history to earn the honor, which recognizes the best players in NCAA Division III across the nation.
The foward was also named Skyline Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week earlier on Monday for the third time this season and the fourth time of her career.
In three games last week Iavarone averaged 25.3 points and 10.7 rebounds-per-game as the Golden Eagles posted a 1-2 record. Last Monday the Miller Place, NY native shot 50% from the field and finished with a team-high 15 points in a loss to Trinity College on the road. In Wednesday's 86-63 win over Skyline Conference rival SUNY Purchase, the forward scored a career-best 39 points—on a program best 19-24 shooting from the floor—and set a new the program record for points in a single-game. Iavarone also collected 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season. Iavarone would continue her scoring streak in Saturday's loss to The Sage Colleges, shooting 75% from the field en route to collecting a game-high 22 points. Before play on Monday Iavarone ranked 6th in the nation in double-doubles, 10th in offensive rebounds-per-game (6.0), 12th in rebounds-per-game (12.9) and led the conference in scoring (20.5 PPG).
Iavarone was one of just five players selected across the nation and joined Texas Luthern's Cierra Jordan (Sr.), Case Western's Hillary Hellman (So.), Montclair State's Katie Sire (Jr.) and Rochester's Alexandra Leslie (Jr.) on the Team of the Week.
