Bucknell University Athletics
Women's Hoops Sweeps Patriot League Weekly Awards for the Fourth Time This Season
2/23/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2004
LEWISBURG, Pa. - For the fourth time this season, Bucknell senior Desire Almind (Blairstown, N.J./North Warren Regional) and freshman Lindsey Hollobaugh (Loganton, Pa./Central Mountain) have swept the Patriot League weekly women's basketball awards, announced by the conference office on Monday, February 23. Almind was named the Patriot League Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career, while Hollobaugh garnered Freshman of the Week honors for the league-best seventh time this season.
In two games this past week, Almind averaged 20.5 points per game, 9.0 rebounds per contest, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game. The senior guard/forward was 6-for-7 from the field en route to 14 points in an 81-63 win over Lafayette Friday evening. She also pulled down nine rebounds and dished out four assists in the contest.
Despite a slow start against Army, Almind bounced back to score 20 of her game-high 27 points in the second half as the Bison topped the Black Knights, 73-68, on Sunday afternoon in her final game in Sojka Pavilion. The co-captain narrowly missed a double-double with nine caroms, two steals and three assists.
On the season, Almind leads the team with 16.8 points per game and leads the country with 13.0 rebounds per game. She needs just 19 more caroms to break the Patriot League record for rebounds in a single season.
 Freshman Lindsey Hollobaugh was named the Patriot League Freshman of the Week for the league-leading seventh time.  |
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Hollobaugh wins the Freshman of the Week award for the league-best seventh time after averaging 24.5 points per game, 8.0 assists per game, 6.5 rebounds per game and 3.0 steals per game. No other rookie has earned the award more than twice. The 5-9 guard recorded her fourth and fifth career 20-point games, including a career-high 28 point performance against Lafayette to kick off the weekend. Against the Leopards, Hollobaugh tallied 22 points in the opening half, and finithed the game shooting 11-of-18 from the field. She also contributed seven assists, six rebounds and three steals.
In the win over Army, the 5-9 guard missed just three shots from the field on her way to 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting. She also narrowly missed a double-double, dishing out a career-high nine assists to go along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Hollobaugh has scored in double-figures in all but four games this season, and is second on the team in scoring with 15.3 ppg. Her point total is sixth among Patriot League players, and tops among league rookies.
With its two wins this weekend, BU moved to 13-12 overall and took over sole possession of fifth place in the Patriot League standings with a 6-6 record. The Bison close out the regular-season with games at Holy Cross (Friday, February 27) and Colgate (Sunday, February 29) next weekend.
