Danbury, Conn. – College of Mount Saint Vincent sophomore
Christina Barone (Staten Island, N.Y.) collected her third weekly award on Tuesday when she was named the Corvias ECAC Division III Metro Player of the Week. The honor comes after Barone picked up her second Skyline Conference Player of the Week honor of the season and Monday and her first career Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association award on Tuesday morning.
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Barone opened the two game week to close out the week with 22 points on 5-for-13 shooting from the floor and an 8-for-8 effort from the free-throw line on Tuesday against Old Westbury. On Thursday in the regular season finale against Yeshiva, Barone posted 21 points, 18 assists and 13 steals to record the program's first triple-double since the 2007-08 season. She missed a quad-double by one rebound after hauling in nine boards against the Maccabees.
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Barone closed the week averaging 21.5 points, 12.0 assists, 7.5 steals and 6.5 rebounds per game for the Mount who finished off the regular season with its seventh straight victory. She shot 45.8-percent from the floor, 53.8-percent from three-point range and went a perfect 14-for-14 from the free-throw line for the Dolphins.
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At 20-5 overall, Mount Saint Vincent will open play in the Skyline Conference on Thursday night when it welcomes Sage to the Peter Jay Sharp Center. Tip-off for the tournament semifinal is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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