Phoenix, AZ - Three Urban Knight athletes have been named to the Pacific West Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Top 10 Honor Roll. The award was announced by the PacWest Media Office in Phoenix, AZ, on Monday, Jan. 17, for games contested Jan. 10-16.
Academy of Art forward
Verity Peets averaged 15 points and 5 rebounds per game for the Urban Knights at the close of their Hawaii road trip.
Peets tied for sixth in the conference for the week in scoring and tied for seventh in shooting (50% - 11 for 22). Peets scored 18 points in ART U's win over BYU-Hawaii, then followed that performance with 12 points against HPU. Verity was 8 of 12 from the free-throw line for the week.
Jessica Nolan register back-to-back double-double nights as ART U went 1-1 for the week.
Nolan averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Nolan finished the week ranked 10th in scoring and second in rebounding in the PacWest.
Jessica led the conference in shooting for the week with an 84.6% shooting percentage (11 for 13). Nolan tied for eighth in assists per game (3), and tied for 11th in steals per game with 2.5. Nolan also led PacWest in blocks per game for the week, finishing with two in each game.
Nicole DeRosier led all ART U players with 20 points in the Urban Knights victory over BYU-Hawaii. DeRosier also finished with four assists and two steals in the win.
For the week DeRosier averaged 15 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3 steals per game. Nicole was 3-of-5 from three-point territory finishing with 10 points and seven rebounds in ART U's loss to Hawaii Pacific University. Overall DeRosier went 5 for 5 from the line and averaged 3.5 three-pointers made per game.