Umez-Eronini Garners AE Player of the Week Distinction
March 9, 2009 | Women's Basketball
March 9, 2009
Cambridge, Mass. - Senior guard Amarachi Umez-Eronini has earned her third America East Player of the Week award, the conference announced on Monday afternoon. It marks the third time in last five weeks the Washington, D.C., native has garnered the accolade. Umez-Eronini helped the Terriers' complete a perfect America East regular season and averaged 18.5 point per game and 5.5 rpg 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.
Earlier in the week, Umez-Eronini posted 13 points, six assists, a block and a steal in 31 minutes at UMBC. She shot .750 from the field for the week, including a 11-for-13 performance against Albany. On the season, Umez-Eronini is averaging 11.3 ppg and leads the conference with 2.6 steals per game.
BU, the top-seeded team in conference tournament, will face the winner of the No. 8/9 game on Friday (March 13) at 2 p.m.
