NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

WINTER 2003-04
WEEK ENDING 1/4/04

PLAYER OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Christina Mason, Richard Stockton College
Senior, Guard, Southampton, NJ/Lenape

Mason earns NJAC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season after averaging 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 5.0 steals in a 1-1 week for the Ospreys. She opened the week by breaking the 1,000 career point plateau with a game-high 23-point effort in Stockton's 74-68 loss to Susquehanna in the first round of the Wilkes Tournament. She wrapped up the week by capturing All-Tournament honors after posting game totals of 26 points, five rebounds, three assists and five steals in a 76-70 consolation game victory over host Wilkes. Mason currently ranks third in the NJAC in scoring with an average of 17.4 points per game.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK - WEEK 6

Shannon Harrison, Kean University
Freshman, Center, Plainfield, NJ/St. Patrick

Harrison earns NJAC Rookie honors after averaging 8.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game while shooting 64.3 percent from the floor in a 3-0 week for the Cougars. In Kean's 70-64 upset over sixth-ranked Marymount, she collected a career-high 12 rebounds. In the championship game of the Savannah College of Art & Design Tournament, she registered a double-double 10 points and 10 rebounds as Kean earned the title with an 87-81 victory. She wrapped up the week by collecting 10 points and eight rebounds in the Cougars' 89-80 non-conference road victory at Hunter. For the season, Harrison is shooting 57.8 percent from the field.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - WINTER 2003-04

  Player Rookie
Week 1 Jamie McCormanck
Rowan
Stephanie Machin
Montclair State
Week 2 Ebony Allen
Montclair State
Megan Hueter
TCNJ
Week 3 *Kellie Rice
Kean
Latrese McNair
NJCU
Week 4 Christina Mason
Richard Stockton
Lucila Custis
William Paterson
Week 5 Kellie Rice
Kean University
Lucila Custis
William Paterson
Week 6 *Christina Mason
Richard Stockton
Shannon Harrison
Kean

* Indicates ECAC Player of the Week selection as well