This week in PAC Women's Basketball

This week in PAC Women's Basketball

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Week 10 PAC Honors (for games played January 22-27)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2018-19 season.

Player
Andrea Orlosky • Waynesburg • Sophomore guard • Shelocta, Pa. | West Shamokin
Last week Orlosky shined for the Yellow Jackets, who went 2-0 with a pair of double-digit PAC victories ... She posted a pair of double-doubles in the wins, averaging 22.0 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game ... Orlosky shot 61.8 percent (21-for-34) from the floor ... Saturday against Westminster, she finished with a game-high 25 points while totaling a Waynesburg season-high 14 boards ... Orlosky started the week with 19 points and 11 rebounds against Chatham ... She currently ranks third in the league in scoring average (16.4 points per game) and fifth in rebounds per game (8.1). 

Rookie
Brooke Fuller • Waynesburg • Freshman center • Allison Park, Pa. | Hampton
Fuller posted a pair of double-double performances last week for Waynesburg, which notched PAC victories over Chatham and Westminster ... She averaged 17.0 points and 11.0 rebounds, shot 60.0 percent (15-for-25) from the floor and went a combined 4-for-4 from the free throw line ... Fuller scored a career-high 22 points in last Wednesday’s win at Chatham ... Her four double-doubles this season are tied for fifth-most in the league ... Fuller is shooting 48.0 percent from the floor this season, the fifth-best percentage in the PAC. 

Around the PAC

Bethany
Bethany went 1-0 last week in PAC play ... The Bison defeated Grove City 59-57 on Saturday ... The Green and White were led by senior Sammie Weiss with a season-high 21 points and eight rebounds ... Senior Ashley Duthie contributed 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds ... Bethany shot 50 percent from the field (22-of-44) ... The Bison travel to Greenville, Pa. to take on Thiel Wednesday ... Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m.

Chatham
Chatham went 1-1 this past week in PAC action ... The Cougars faltered against Waynesburg, falling 70-59 on Wednesday ... Megan Sieg led the team with 20 points ... On Saturday, Chatham upset W&J 72-70 in Washington, Pa. ... This win marks the first time in program history that Chatham has defeated W&J ... The Presidents were 31-0 versus Chatham before Saturday’s matchup ... The Cougars broke the school record for most three’s made in a game with 17.

Geneva
The Geneva women’s basketball team lost twice last week, losing at W&J on Wednesday, 56-43, before dropping a 90-57 contest to former PAC foe Thomas More on Saturday ... Senior Callie Ford led the offense by averaging 21 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists ... Against Thomas More, Ford went 7-of-15 from three-point range ... Sophomore Lauren Tipton also averaged 8.5 points and 8 rebounds in the two games ... Geneva has two road games this week, against Waynesburg on Wednesday and Grove City on Saturday.

Grove City
Grove City dropped a pair of narrow decisions on the road last week ... Sophomore Jess Bowen led Grove City with a dozen points Wednesday night at Saint Vincent ... Saturday, the Wolverines fell at Bethany, 59-57, despite putting four players in double figures ... Laura Buchanan led the way with 17 points while Kate Balcom (12), Bowen (11) and Sedona Campbell (10) joined her in double figures ... Grove City will host Chatham and Geneva this week in conference play.

Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent won a pair of PAC games last week, battling for a 54-47 against Grove City Wednesday before rolling to a 94-74 win at Thiel on Saturday ... Madison Kollar and Kayla Slovenec led the Bearcats with 13 points apiece against Grove City ... Kollar again led the Bearcats with a career-high 35 points and nine rebounds against the Tomcats ... Saint Vincent will host second-ranked Thomas More in a non-conference game Wednesday before traveling to Westminster on Saturday.

Thiel
The Tomcats lost PAC games to Westminster (57-55) and Saint Vincent (94-74) last week ... Senior guard Jess Vormelker averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds last week ... Vormelker ranks second in the PAC in scoring average (19.6) and three-point field goals (54) ... Freshman forward Destiny Johnson averaged 10.5 rebounds and nine points last week ... Johnson, who recorded her 14th double-double of the season Saturday, among the most in Division III, leads the PAC with an average of 11.3 rebounds per game ... Senior guard Alivia Sidley chipped in with 25 points and seven rebounds last week.

W&J
The Presidents split a pair of PAC home contests, beating Geneva by a 56-43 score Wednesday before falling 72-70 to Chatham Saturday ... W&J limited Geneva to just 14 made field goals Wednesday night ... In Saturday’s contest, Chatham connected on 17 of a whopping 44 three-point attempts to escape with the victory ... Sophomore forward Maria Lawhorne averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last week off the bench for the Presidents ... Lawhorne converted 12 of her 18 field goal attempts ... W&J travels to Westminster this Wednesday before welcoming Thiel Saturday.

Waynesburg
The Waynesburg women’s basketball team enjoyed a 2-0 week against opponents ahead of them in the PAC standings ... The Yellow Jackets upended Chatham 70-59 on Wednesday and followed that up with a dominant 93-65 home triumph over Westminster on Saturday.


Westminster
Westminster split a pair of PAC games last week ... The Titans won, 57-55, at home over Thiel on Wednesday before losing, 93-65, at Waynesburg on Saturday ... Senior Jackie Mathews totaled 30 points last week, including a team-high 18 points (second highest for her this season) against Waynesburg ... Against the Yellow Jackets, Mathews made a game-high four three-pointers, marking the third time this year she has made four threes in a game ... Mathews added two steals, six assists and six rebounds combined last week ... Westminster will next host Washington & Jefferson Wednesday, January 30 at 6 p.m.

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