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ASYJA SMITH OF PRINCE GEORGE'S NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK

2/2/2010

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. –Asyja Smith of Prince George’s Community College (Md.), is the NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Players of the Week for contests played through Jan. 31st.

Smith, a guard from Washington DC, helped Prince George's CC to three wins last week.  On Jan. 25, in an 81-36 win over College of Southern Maryland, Smith scored 19 points on an 8-of-15 shooting performance, with nine rebounds, three assists, and five steals.  Two days later in a close 59-57 win over Allegany College (Md.), she dropped 30 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point land, 7-of-13 from the line, and also had five rebounds two assists and one steal.  Next in an 84-76 win over Hagerstown CC (Md.), Smith did it again dropping 30 points on 8-of-14 from the field, just 2-of-7 from beyond the arc, 8-of-10 from the line, pulled down 13 off the glass, and had five assists and two steals giving her a double-double on the day. 
 
For the week she averaged 26 points per game on 52 percent shooting from the field (23-44), 43 percent shooting from three-point land (6-14), and 63 percent shooting from the line (15-24). Smith had 27 rebounds, ten assists and two steals.
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