Masonius Named USBWA National Player of the Week

NEW YORK – Seton Hall's Faith Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) was named one of the United States Basketball Writer's Association (USBWA) National Players of the Week on Tuesday.

For the period through Sunday, Jan. 5, the five Ann Meyers Drysdale national women's honorees of the week are Kentucky guard Georgia Amoore; UCLA center Lauren Betts; Drake guard Katie Dinnebier; Florida State guard Ta'Niya Latson; and Seton Hall forward Faith Masonius.

The USBWA women's awards, organized under Mel Greenberg, the USBWA Vice President for women's basketball, are chosen from weekly conference honors as well as at-large additions. Nominations are welcome as each seven-day period rolls along to make sure no one is inadvertently overlooked.

Masonius continued her breakout season with a pair of significant BIG EAST performances last week for Seton Hall. On Wednesday at Villanova, Masonius had a team-high 17 points to go with five rebounds and two steals. Down a point and surrounded by four defenders, Masonius flipped the ball over her head, backward, and into the basket for a game-winning, buzzer-beater. Against Georgetown on Saturday, Masonius poured in 21 points on an efficient 7-for-11 shooting to go with six rebounds and six assists.

Seton Hall will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 11 when it hosts Creighton in historic Walsh Gymnasium. Tip time is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed live by the BIG EAST Digital Network and available for FloCollege subscribers.

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