Feb. 12, 2007
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – For the second time this season, junior guard Charel Allen (Monessen, Pa./Monessen) has been chosen as the BIG EAST Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Allen also has previously been named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll three times earlier this season.
In victories over No. 17/16 Louisville and DePaul last week, Allen averaged 23.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists with a .515 field goal percentage. Against UofL, she tallied team highs of 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists, not to mention the go-ahead basket with 8:05 to play. Four days later against DePaul, Allen posted her third career double-double (all this season) with a game-high 25 points and a career-best 13 rebounds.
For the season, Allen leads the team and ranks seventh in the BIG EAST in scoring (16.7 ppg.), while also collecting 6.7 rebounds per game (tied-19th in the BIG EAST). What’s more, Allen is among the conference leaders in free throw percentage (fourth, .844) and steals (sixth, 2.13 spg.), and she has scored in double figures 21 times in 24 games this season, including 25-point outings in four of her last eight contests.
Notre Dame (16-8, 7-4 BIG EAST) returns to the hardwood Tuesday night when it travels to Villanova for another BIG EAST Conference game. Tipoff time from The Pavilion in suburban Philadelphia is set for 7:30 p.m. (ET).
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