All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
The six-time AMCC Champion La Roche College Lady Redhawks traveled to Thomas More on Friday to take on the nation's top ranked team in an NCAA Tournament First Round game
Beka Bellhy sets new career high for third time in last four games, scoring 38 points to lead No. 1 Washington & Jefferson to a 96-91 overtime victory over No. 8 Penn State Behrend in the ECAC South Region Women's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night.
La Roche's TiChina Mitchell averaged 27.5 points and 10 rebounds and 3 assists in two tournament games as the Lady Redhawks went on to win their sixth straight AMCC Championship. She scored 26 points in La Roche's 96-47 victory over D'Youville in the Semifinals before a 29 point, 14 rebound and 5 assist output in their 82-59 win over Pitt-Bradford in the championship game. Mitchell also went a perfect 14 for 14 from the free throw line.
#1 La Roche College defeated #4 D'Youville College to advance to their sixth straight AMCC championship game, while #3 Pitt-Bradford secured the upset over #2 Penn St. Behrend in the second game of the afternoon.
In the first round of the AMCC women's basketball tournament, #3 Pitt-Bradford defeated #6 Pitt-Greensburg, while #4 D'Youville College was triumphant over #5 Mount Aloysius.
The AMCC women's basketball tournament will be underway Wednesday when #3 Pitt-Bradford hosts #6 Pitt-Greensburg and when #5 Mount Aloysius College travels to #4 D'Youville College.
Rinfrette had her best performance statistically over a two-game span, averaging 34.5 points per game and 11 rebounds per game. She scored 34 points and added 11 rebounds in a win over Medaille and then added 35 points and 11 rebounds per game in a loss at Mt. Aloysius. Rinfrette is currently tied for first in scoring in the AMCC, averaging 21.6 ppg.
The D’Youville College women’s basketball team held their Pink Game on Wednesday, February 10 against Pitt-Bradford in their effort to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford basketball programs, along with the Office of Community Engagement, the Office of Institutional Advancement, and members of Alpha Phi Omega co-ed service fraternity, teamed up with long time Pitt Bradford friends, Sue and George Evans, to raise awareness and support for the Evans-Krivak Foundation for Gynecological Cancer.
Mitchell averaged 27.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week that saw La Roche win their sixth straight AMCC Regular Season title. Her 38 points against Pitt-Bradford were the second most in school history.
The AMCC women's basketball game of the week features the top two teams in the conference, with first place La Roche College (19-3, 14-1) traveling to Bradford, PA to take on the Panthers of Pitt-Bradford (15-7, 11-4).
Smith was a dominating force for the Spartans this past week, leading her team to a 2-0 record and sole possession of sixth place in the AMCC. On Wednesday against Medaille, Smith scored a team high 23 points in 32 minutes and shot 55% (11-20) from the field. She added eight rebounds in the team's 79-71 defeat of the Mavericks. On Saturday against Mount Aloysius, Alexis took her game to another level scoring a season high 26 points in the team's 70-67 win. Smith grabbed another eight rebounds and played 35 minutes. Smith has scored 22-plus points in three of her last four games.
The AMCC women's basketball Game of the Week features Franciscan University and Pitt-Greensburg, two teams fighting to stay in the playoff race as the season is down to its final three weeks.
Owens hit the game-winning shot in a key AMCC victory over Penn State Behrend in the AMCC Game of the Week. She averaged 17.5 points per game and seven boards per game, leading UPB to a 2-0 week with victories over Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg. Owens finished with 17 points and eight rebounds against Behrend while posting 18 points and six boards in the Panthers' victory over Pitt-Greensburg.
As the basketball season enters the final week of January, the AMCC women's basketball game of the week features two teams fighting for one of the top playoff spots.
Rogers collected her 14th and 15th double-doubles last week. She averaged 13 points, while shooting 46% from the floor, 13.3 rebounds, and two assists in a 1-2 week for the Hawks. In one-point loss to Medaille, Rogers recorded 19 points and 21 boards. Rogers currently leads the AMCC with 13.1 rebounds per game.
Four senior basketball players for the D’Youville men’s and women’s basketball teams rewrote the history books this season, with each putting their names amongst the best to ever dawn the red and black.
This week's AMCC women's basketball game of the week features Hilbert College (8-8, 4-5 AMCC) traveling to Mt. Aloysius College (8-8, 5-4) on Saturday afternoon.
McLin had another stellar week averaging 23.5 points, 6 steals, 3.5 assists, 3 rebounds per game, while shooting 70% from the field in two conference wins. She scored 29 points and had 8 steals against Pitt-Greensburg and followed that up shooting 88% against Pitt-Bradford. McLin leads the AMCC in scoring with 21.9 points per game.
Senior guard Iliana Gonzales became the fastest Lady Baron to reach 1,000 career points as the Franciscan women's basketball team beat Medaille College 80-70 for the team's second consecutive win.