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A Pair of Wilmington Basketball Players Earn CACC Weekly Honors

A Pair of Wilmington Basketball Players Earn CACC Weekly Honors

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - A pair of Wilmington University basketball student-athletes have been honored by the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference office on Monday, as the office announce this week's CACC Player's of the Week.

Men's basketball's Tyaire Ponzo-Meek has been named one of the CACC's Co-Player of the Week for his career high against West Chester while women's basketball's Macy Robinson was named the CACC Rookie of the Week for her performance against Elizabeth City State.

Ponzo-Meek (Wilmington, Del.) scored the second most points in a single game in program history, pouring in 37 points against West Chester on New Year's Eve. His previous career best was 35 points last season, and has now only been bested by Taurean Temple's 44-point performance at Dominican on February 25, 2006.

The junior guard also grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out four assists, and added three steals in the game against West Chester. Ponzo-Meek hit five three-pointers in the game, including one at the halftime buzzer and one with eight seconds left in regulation to tie the game and send the contest into overtime. The Rams outlasted the Wildcats, 103-92, in double overtime, however.

Robinson (Wilmington, Del.) came off the bench to lead the Wildcats with 20 points against Elizabeth City State on Sunday, going 4-of-9 from beyond the three-point arc. She shot 8-of-14 from the floor for the game while also grabbing four rebounds, adding two assists, and picking up two steals.

The redshirt freshman tied the game at 59 with a three-pointer with 5:14 left in regulation and again brought the Wildcats to within a bucket with a layup with 1:58 showing on the clock. The 20 points are the second highest of the season for the first-year player, as she scored 23 in her previous game against Goldey-Beacom. It is her third straight game in double digits, and seventh game over all.

Ponzo-Meek was named the CACC Co-Player of the Week with Philadelphia's big-man Peter Alexis. Post's Tamas Okros and Goldey-Beacom's Corey Taite was named the CACC Co-Rookies of the Week while Holy Family's Derrick Stewart was named the CACC Defensive Player of the Week on the men's side.

Philadelphia's Tori Arnao and Holy Family's Abigail Iannotti were named the CACC's Co-Players of the Week while Arnao doubled up and was named the Defensive Player of the Week on the women's side.