Women's Basketball

Hurley Named MWBCA Rookie of the Week

Posted: Feb 08, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College sophomore guard Angelica Hurley (Groveland, Mass.) has been selected as the MWBCA Co-Rookie of the Week.

Hurley averaged 12.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.3 steals, and 3.0 assists per game in a 3-1 week for the Monks. She tallied 16 points, eight rebounds and seven steals in a win at Colby-Sawyer on Monday, netted 17 in a victory over Rivier on Tuesday, and pulled down 14 rebounds in an OT loss to Emmanuel on Thursday.

Through 20 games for the Monks, Hurley is averaging 9.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 2.0 steals. She leads the team in per-game averages in rebounding, assists, steals and blocked shots (0.7).

Hurley shares the weekly accolade with UMaine-Presque Isle sophomore Alexis Ireland (Howland, Maine), who recorded two double-doubles in a 2-0 week for the Owls.

Saint Joseph's will play at Anna Maria College on Wednesday at 5:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.