PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference has announced its final women's basketball weekly honors of the 2023-24 season, covering performances for the week ending Feb. 25.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DAMARIS RODRIGUEZ • New Jersey City University
Senior • Guard • Secaucus, NJ/Secaucus
Rodriguez collects her fifth and final NJAC Player of the Week honor of the 2024 season. On the biggest of NJAC stages, the conference’s reigning two-time Player of the Year was as dominant as ever, leading NJCU to the program’s third NJAC Championship in four seasons and punch the second-ever ticket to NCAAs in program history. Rodriguez averaged 25.5 points, 5.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals over 38.9 minutes per game last week as the #2-seeded Gothic Knights defeated #3 seed Kean at home on Tuesday night in the semifinals, 61-48, and then took down #1 seed TCNJ on Friday night on the road in the championship game, 65-52. The senior All-American had a game-high 25 points, a game-best seven assists, six boards and two steals against the Cougars, and followed that up with a game-high 26 points, a game-best four assists, a game-high-tying three steals and three rebounds against the Lions. Rodriguez leads the NJAC in both overall scoring (19.9 ppg) and assists (5.6 apg); is fifth in steals (2.3 spg); and seventh in field goal percentage (40.4%).