Chelmsford, Massachusetts, fifth-year guard led Skyhawks to 2-0 week, including victory in NEC debut at Central Connecticut State
Glidden also earns NEC Prime Performer status
Bramanti earns NEC Player of the Week honors for the second time and is a Prime Performer for the fifth-straigth week (PHOTO BY Brian Foley) |
EASTON, Mass. (January 3, 2023) – Stonehill College fifth-year guard Emily Bramanti has been named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season the league office announced this afternoon.
Bramanti, who earned the women's program's first NEC Player of the Week recognition on December 12, collects her second award of the season after leading Stonehill to a 2-0 week, also earning NEC Prime Performer status for the fifth-straight week. She averaged 22.0 points on 51.9-percent shooting (14-for-27), including 4-for-8 (50%) from three-point distance, while converting 12-of-15 free-throw attempts (80%), with 3.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.0 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.
Bramanti opened the week with 25 points in Thursday's 82-71 win over Queens (N.Y.) College in Stonehill's final non-conference game of the year on 7-of-15 shooting, converting 9-of-12 free-throws with four rebounds, five assists and a career-high six steals. She followed that up by scoring all 19 of her points in Monday's NEC debut win at Central Connecticut State University in the first half, as the Skyhawks jumped out to as much as a 17-point first half lead, finishing 7-for-12 shooting from the floor, with two rebounds, a season-high six assists and a blocked shot.
Stonehill fifth-year forward Sophie Glidden was also named an NEC Prime Performer for the second time this season today. She averaged 17.5 points on 59.3-percent shooting (16-for-27), with 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game over the Skyhawks two games. Glidden scored a career-high 20-points, including eight in the fourth quarter to clinch the win in Stonehill's NEC debut at Central Connecticut State on Monday, adding five rebounds and two assists, while making 9-of-13 shots from the floor.
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Bramanti has scored in double-figures in eight straight games and is averaging 19.6 points on 50.5-percent shooting (53-for-105), including 56.5% (26-for-46) from three-point range during that span, with 3.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals. She has moved into fifth on the NEC scoring list with 14.6 points per game, leading the Conference with 2.4 three-point field goals per game, while ranking second with a .423 three-point field goal percentage, third with 3.1 assists per game and a 1.4 assist/turnover, seventh with a .646 free-throw percentage, eighth with her .429 field goal percentage and fourth with 33.6 minutes played per game in her 14 games played (14 starts).
Bramanti has led Stonehill in scoring in five games this season, scoring in double-figures in 11 of 14 games, including 20-plus points twice. She scored an NEC season-high 38 points in the Skyhawks 81-74 win at Bryant University on December 11, finishing just a point shy of the program's single-game record and marked the most points scored in the NEC since 2019. It remains the 11th-highest scoring game in NCAA Division I ranks this season and is one of just two 30-point games in the Conference to date.
The two-year captain has started 43 of the 94 games she has played over her career at Stonehill, helping the Skyhawks to the Northeast-10 Conference regular season and tournament championships as a sophomore in 2019-20. Bramanti has totaled 855 points, 290 rebounds, 269 assists and 92 steals over her career, shooting 40.1-percent from the field, including 31.8% from three-point distance, and 75% from the free-throw line. The All-NE10 second team selection last season was named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll all eight semesters, with Academic Distinction status twice for having a semester grade point average between 3.50 and 3.99, while also receiving the Division II ADA Academic Distinction Award.
Stonehill (5-9, 1-0 NEC) is back in action with a pair of NEC games at Merkert Gymnasium this week. The Skyhawks host Saint Francis (Pa.) University on Friday at 6 p.m., before hosting Sacred Heart University on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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