Freshman guard Honoka Ikematsu of the basketball team earns the first Giant Eagle RMU Female Student-Athlete of the Week honor for 2018. In a pair of games to open the Northeast Conference schedule, Ikematsu averaged 24.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists as the Colonials won a pair of games. She finished with 23 points in a 77-68 victory @ Fairleigh Dickinson (12/29/17) to open league play, then topped that performance with a career-high 25 points in a 91-57 win @ Sacred Heart (12/31/17). She connected for seven three pointers against the Pioneers, the first member of the Colonials to turn the trick since 2012. For her efforts, Ikematsu was selected as the NEC Rookie of the Week (1/2/18). In 13 games, each as a member of the starting lineup, Ikematsu is supplying the Colonials with averages of 9.5 points and 2.8 assists per contest.
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