Tuesday, February 23, 2010

PGCC Star Wins NJCAA Women's Basketball Player of the Week


Special to The Owl

Asyja Smith of Prince George’s Community College was selected as the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for contests played through Jan. 31st. Smith, a guard from Washington D.C., earns the Division II Player of the Week honor for helping PGCC to three wins in the last week of January. She averaged 26 points per game on 52 percent from the field (23-44), 43 percent from three-point land (6-14), 63 percent from the line (15-24), and had 27 rebounds, ten assists and two steals.

On Jan. 25, in an 81-36 win over College of Southern Maryland, Smith scored 19 points on an 8-of-15 shooting performance, with nine rebounds, three assists, and five steals. Two days later in a close 59-57 win over Allegany College (Md.), she dropped 30 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point land, 7-of-13 from the line, and also had five rebounds two assists and one steal. Next in an 84-76 win over Hagerstown CC (Md.), Smith did it again dropping 30 points on 8-of-14 from the field, just 2-of-7 from beyond the arc, 8-of-10 from the line, pulled down 13 off the glass, and had five assists and two steals giving her a double-double on the day.

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