Women's Basketball | 12/24/2018 12:02:00 PM
Moon Township, Pa. – Isabella Posset, a freshman guard on the Robert Morris University women's basketball team, has been selected as the Northeast Conference (NEC) Rookie of the Week for the second straight week, as announced by the league this Monday afternoon.
Posset becomes the 10th player in program history to win multiple NEC Rookie of the Week plaudits, and the first since Artemis Spanou to claim the award in back-to-back weeks. Spanou collected three of her six honors consecutively from Jan. 3-18, 2011.
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The Beaver, Pa. product played a big part in Robert Morris' 64-63 victory over Delaware State this past Tuesday, seeing a team-high 32 minutes at point guard. Posset scored 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting and a 2-of-4 effort from deep, giving her a team-leading fifth double-figure scoring performance. She added two rebounds, a pair of assists, and a steal as the Colonials won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Over this three-game home stretch, Posset has averaged 12.7 points per game and increased her scoring average from 5.9 to 7.9. She's shooting 56.3 percent (9-16) in RMU's last two games and 54.5 percent (6-11) from beyond the arc. The rookie is tied for the team lead in assists (25) and ranks second in steals (15).
Robert Morris' six-game home stand continues on Sunday, Dec. 30 at noon when it concludes the non-conference slate against James Madison.
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