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WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Dec. 6, 9:53 a.m.) – Moravian College (Pa.) senior basketball forward Camille McPherson has been honored on the first D3hoops.com Team of the Week presented by Scoutware of the 2016-17 season after her performance over the first two weeks of the season.
McPherson, a West Orange native, has helped the Greyhounds begin the women’s basketball season with a 3-1 mark as she averaged 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. She shot 32-of-66 from the floor (48.5 percent), 9-of-18 beyond the three-point line and 25-of-26 at the foul line during the opening two weeks. She also had 14 assists, two steals and one blocked shot while playing 133 minutes over the four games.
In the Greyhounds’ season-opening win over nationally-ranked Muhlenberg College, McPherson had career highs of 30 points and 19 rebounds for her first career double-double. She then had 27 points and 12 rebounds in a 75-59 victory over Cabrini University. McPherson finished the first week with 14 points and nine rebounds in a 96-58 win over Geneva College as she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Swarthmore College Tip-Off Tournament. She was also honored as the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week and the United States Basketball Writers Association NCAA Division III Women’s Player of the Week.
In her only action last week, McPherson had 27 points, six rebounds and two assists in a 78-74 loss to DeSales University. She was a perfect 5-for-5 behind the three-point line and 6-of-6 at the foul line in the contest.
McPherson has been honored as the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after her performance over the last seven days.
McPherson, who was also the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week on Nov. 21, averaged 29.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in a 2-1 week for the Greyhounds while shooting 57.1 percent (28-for-49) from the floor, 61.5 percent (8-for-13) beyond the three-point line and 88.5 percent (23-of-26) at the foul line during the three games. She scored a career-high 35 points to go with nine rebounds and a pair of steals in an 87-83 loss to FDU-Florham in non-conference action last Tuesday.
McPerson had 18 points and 10 boards for her third double-double of the season in a 75-63 non-conference victory at Wilkes University last Thursday, Dec. 1, before she finished the week with 34 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a 74-72 triumph over Elizabethtown College to begin the 2016-17 Landmark Conference season.
“Camille has worked extremely hard in the offseason and continues to work hard in and out of practice,” commented 30th-year Head Coach Mary Beth Spirk. “For her to achieve this award two times in the first three weeks of the season is a direct correlation to the time and effort she has put in to her game. Camille is leading this young team and hopefully will continue to lead us as we move into conference play.
“Camille has had an amazing start to the season,” added Spirk. “She worked hard on her game during the offseason and that work ethic has continued into practice and on the game floor. She has dedicated herself to performing at a high level for the entire season.”
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