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Duke's Beard & Bass Sweep ACC Weekly Honors
12/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 9, 2002
DURHAM, N.C.-- Duke University's Alana Beard and Mistie Bass were named ACC Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, on Monday after guiding the Blue Devils to a 12th Duke Women's Basketball Classic over the weekend with wins over Saint Joseph's and Howard.
Beard, a 5-11 junior guard averaged 22.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 4.0 steals and 1.0 block in two games. The Shreveport, La. native, scored a season-best 29 points, grabbed nine boards, had two assists, one block and three steals in the championship game against Saint Joseph's in only 26 minutes. Beard also recorded 16 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, five steals and one block in only 23 minutes against Howard. Beard garnered MVP honors for the second-straight week, hitting 67 percent of her field goals and going a perfect 5-of-5 from the free throw line.
This is Beard's third-consecutive Player of the Week distinction this season and an ACC record ninth time in her career.
Bass, a Janesville, Wisc., product, made her first two career starts in the Duke Women's Basketball Classic, averaging 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 assists in leading the Blue Devils to the tournament title. The 6-3 center hit 53 percent of her field goals and 72 percent of her free throws in wins over Howard and St. Joseph's. In her first career start against Howard, Bass scored 19 points, had seven rebounds, three blocks, one steal and one assist in 20 minutes of action. Bass also tallied 16 points, six rebounds and three steals in 25 minutes of play against St. Joseph's. The freshman is now the third-leading scorer for Duke, averaging 11.7 points.
Duke will be off this week for exams and then will return to action on Dec. 16 with a home contest against Charleston Southern at 7:00 PM.
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