Junior Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.) of the Albertus Magnus women's basketball team was named the ECAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week as announced Tuesday afternoon.
Carrero led the Falcons to a 3-0 week as she tallied an average of 31.3 points per game. The junior shot 49.3% from the field on the week and added 3.7 rebounds per contest.
In the Falcons' 75-73 win over Norwich, Carrero registered a career-high 46 points on 16-of-25 (64.0%) shooting from the floor. She was 3-of-3 from behind the arc and 11-of-14 from the free-throw line.
In the Falcons' 71-58 win at Lasell, the Hamden, Conn. native tallied 30 points, three assists and three rebounds. With her effort on the week, Carrero has now posted 30 or more points in four of the Falcons' last six contests.
Carrero's 46-point effort marks the most points scored in a single game for an Albertus Magnus women's basketball player since Denise Brace scored 40 points on Dec. 29, 1996. Carrero is now fourth in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) with her 46 points in a single game as Stacy Manfredi from Saint Joseph (Conn.) scored 54 points on Feb. 21, 1998.
Carrero is also the first GNAC player to score over 40 points in a single game since Therline Dumeran from Pine Manor registered 41 points on Nov. 17, 2011.
