Amber Smith Named America East Rookie of the Week
11/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The America East Conference named Maine women's basketball's Amber Smith (Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich) the Rookie of the Week for all games played November 22nd through the 28th. Smith is the Black Bears' first such selection since two players earned the honor a total of four times during the 2007-08 season.
The redshirt-freshman guard opened the week with 17 points against Central Connecticut State and drained all three of her shots from behind the arc. She also scored 12 points and pulled down a career high six rebounds against Navy in the Dead River Company Classic. She finished the week with seven points and three rebounds against South Alabama.
Smith became the first Maine player since Missy Traversi (2001-02) to record four double-digit scoring performances in the first four games of her final freshman season with her 12 points against the Midshipmen.
Smith leads the team with 13.8 points a game and six three pointers. She also averages 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals a contest.
The Black Bears return to action Wednesday and will play Kansas in the historic Allen Fieldhouse.
