University of Massachusets Athletics
Butler Named Co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
January 19, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2003
AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts women's basketball senior center Jennifer Butler (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named the co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Week as announced by the league office this morning. It marks the third time Butler has been honored this year.
In a loss to Fordham last Sunday, Butler netted 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Then in Thursday's 89-80 overtime win against Temple, the All-American candidate scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 21 rebounds. The 31 points established a new Mullins Center record for point by a Minutewoman. The previous mark of 30 was set by Butler earlier this season against Northeastern. Yesterday, in a 70-48 win over St. Bonaventure at the Mullins Center, Butler scored 17 points and hauled in 12 boards.
For the season, Butler is second in the conference averaging 17.8 ppg and leads the nation with 14.9 rpg. She had posted a double-double in 14 of the Minutewomen's 16 games thus far and her performance against the Owls marked the third time this season that she had 30-plus points and was her fourth 20-plus rebounding performance.
Massachusetts will return to action this weekend with a pair of games against the Atlantic 10's Ohio entrants. On Friday, the Minutewomen play Xavier at 7:00 p.m. in Cincinnati and then head up the road for a 2:00 p.m. game at Dayton on Sunday, Jan. 26.