Women's Basketball

Harvard and Penn Garner Women's Hoops Weekly Awards



PRINCETON, N.J.
 — With the beginning of Ivy play on Saturday — Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton started off their conference campaigns with wins. Individually, Harvard's Harmoni Turner (Player) and Penn's Mataya Gayle (Rookie) earned weekly awards. 

On the national level, three Ivies (Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard) rank inside the top-80 of the NCAA NET rankings.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Harmoni Turner, Harvard (Jr., G - Mansfield, Texas)
  • Scored 28 points on 57.9% (11-19) shooting from the field for the Crimson.
  • Added three rebounds, three assists, and a season-high five steals in a win over Yale.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Mataya Gayle, Penn (Fr., G - Woodstock, Ga.)

  • Scored 16 points on 7-for-17 shooting with two three-pointers.
  • Added four rebounds and three assists at Columbia.

HONOR ROLL
Isabella Mauricio, Brown
Cecelia Collins, Columbia
Abbey Hsu, Columbia
Emily Pape, Cornell
Cate MacDonald, Dartmouth
Abigail Wright, Harvard
Stina Almqvist, Penn
Skya Belker, Princeton
Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton
Grace Thybulle, Yale

2023 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY AWARDS
Player of the Week
Nov. 13 - Abbey Hsu, Columbia (Sr., G - Parkland, Fla.)
Nov. 20 - Harmoni Turner, Harvard (Jr., G - Mansfield, Texas)
Nov. 27 - Kyla Jones, Brown (Sr., G - Chicago, Ill)
Dec. 4 - Abbey Hsu, Columbia (Sr., G - Parkland, Fla.)
Dec. 11 - Jordan Obi, Penn (Sr., G - Hartford, Conn.)
Dec. 18 - Kaitlyn Chen, Princeton (Sr., G - San Marino, Calif.)
Dec. 26 - Emily Pape, Cornell (So., F - Park Ridge, Ill.)
Jan. 2 - Abbey Hsu, Columbia (Sr., G - Parkland, Fla.)
Jan. 8 - Harmoni Turner, Harvard (Jr., G - Mansfield, Texas)

Rookie of the Week
Nov. 13 - Abigail Wright, Harvard (Fr., F - Newton, Mass.)
Nov. 20 - Mataya Gayle, Penn (Fr., G - Woodstock, Ga.)
Nov. 27 - Skye Belker, Princeton (Fr., G - Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dec. 4 - Riley Weiss, Columbia (Fr., G - Hewlett, N.Y.)
Dec. 11 - Mataya Gayle, Penn (Fr., G - Woodstock, Ga.)
Dec. 18 - Skye Belker, Princeton (Fr., G - Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dec. 26 - Nina Minicozzi, Dartmouth (Fr., G - Belmont, Mass.)
Jan. 2 - Mataya Gayle, Penn (Fr., G - Woodstock, Ga.)
Jan. 8 - Mataya Gayle, Penn (Fr., G - Woodstock, Ga.)