March 9, 2009

BOSTON - Senior guard Amarachi Umez-Eronini has been named the GoTerriers.com Student-Athlete of the Week after helping the Terriers complete a perfect America East regular season and averaging 18.5 points per game and 5.5 rpg in a pair of games last week.

In addition, she dished out five assists and earned three steals. Her best game of the week came against Albany on Senior Day in the regular-season finale at The Roof where she topped her career high with 24 points. Umez-Eronini was named the America East Player of the Week for the third time this season. She leads the conference with 2.6 steals per game.

The Terriers will face the winner of the No. 8/9 on Friday (March 13) at 2 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the America East Women's Basketball Championship in West Hartford, Conn.