SOUTH BEND, Ind. – For the fifth time in Notre Dame women’s basketball history, the program has swept a conference’s player and freshman weekly honors. On Monday, the Atlantic Coast Conference named Olivia Miles its Player of the Week and Sonia Citron its Freshman of the Week. It marks the second time ever Notre Dame has swept the weekly honors in the ACC. In addition, Citron earned her fifth ACC freshman award this season, the most of any player.
Miles averaged 23.5 points, 7.5 assists and 7.0 rebounds to help lead Notre Dame to a 2-0 week. She narrowly missed tallying her second triple double of the season in last Thursday’s 83-62 victory against Syracuse. Miles scored 17 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists to chart her seventh double-double of the season, which is tied for the third most in the conference.
The Phillipsburg, New Jersey, native led all players with a career-high 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting with six assists and four rebounds in a 74-61 victory over Boston College on Sunday. Miles became the fourth Irish player to record 30 points and five assists in a single game and just the fifth Notre Dame freshman to score at least 30 points in a game.
Furthermore, it marked the fourth time a freshman has posted a 30-point, five-assist performance in the ACC, as Miles joins Elizabeth Balogun, Tiana Mangakahia and Lexie Brown.
Meanwhile, Citron averaged 13.5 points and 8.0 rebounds to help Notre Dame improve to 16-4 overall and 7-2 in ACC play. Citron notched 13 points and pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds against Syracuse and scored 10 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter. Citron then logged her fifth straight double-digit scoring game against BC with 14 points and four rebounds.
For the week, Citron shot 62.5% (10-16) from the floor, 66.7% (2-3) from behind the arc, 71.4% (5-7) from the free-throw line with 16 rebounds.
Citron is second among the conference’s true freshmen in scoring with 11.4 points per game and leads the group in rebounding at 6.25 per game.
Full list of Notre Dame Player/Freshman award sweeps:
- Madison Cable and Arike Ogunbowale on Dec. 14, 2015 (ACC)
- Sheila McMillen and Ericka Haney on Feb. 22, 1999 (BIG EAST)
- Ruth Riley and Alicia Ratay on Feb. 21, 2000 (BIG EAST)
- Ruth Riley and Alicia Ratay on Dec. 6, 1999 (BIG EAST)
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