Player of the Week
Ta'Shia Phillips - Xavier
Junior, Center, Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit
Phillips posted a pair of double-doubles en route to averaging 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds while shooting a blistering 85 percent in a 2-0 week for the No. 5 Musketeers...scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and hauled in 15 rebounds in XU's 81-61 victory over Charlotte...followed that up with a 25-point, 10-rebound effort in the Musketeers' 74-59 win at Fordham...made her first 11 shots from the field and ended also posted two assists and two blocks for the Rams...double-double was her sixth in-a-row and the 51st of her career...was selected as a Naismith Award Midseason Top-30 pick earlier in the week, is leading the A-10 in rebounding (10.8) and field goal percentage (.621)...named Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Rookie of the Week
Jasmine Watson - Massachusetts
Freshman, Forward/Center, South Bend, Ind./South Bend Washington HS
Watson led the Minutewomen in rebounds in both games last week and had 17 points in the squad's upset victory over Saint Joseph's, just the ninth all-time against the Hawks in 51 meetings and first since 2006...reached double figures in both contests and averaged a team-best 13.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per-game on the week...also had a career-high four assists vs. Saint Joseph's...has scored in double figures in 11 of 14 conference games...this is Watson's third Rookie of the Week citation this season.