Hudson’s Torres named America East Player of the Week
DURHAM – It’s been a good couple of days for Hudson’s Amanda Torres.
The University of New Hampshire women’s basketball standout not only led the Wildcats to their first win of the season on Sunday, but on Monday she was named the America East Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.
In the two games this past weekend at Lundholm Gym vs. NJIT, Torres averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists as UNH split with the Highlanders.
In Sunday’s 59-53 come-from-behind victory, the captain matched her career high with 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting and set a career best with seven rebounds. The 5-foot-7 guard played a team-high 36 minutes in Saturday’s loss and another team-best 35 minutes in Sunday’s victory, which marked the first career win for head coach and Nashua native Kelsey Hogan.
“She surprises me every single day,” Hogan said of Torres in Sunday’s postgame press conference. “She is doing everything we ask of her and so much more. Some of the finishes she had today, some of the tough shots down the stretch, she hit some really, really big shots for us. She’s our leader… we go as she goes.”
“I think it was a confidence boost for us, having such a young team, we could see what we’re capable of,” Torres said of Sunday’s win. “When we’re all there, we’re all bought in, we can do great things.
“None of the younger girls were afraid to shoot their shots (on Sunday). Everybody was just aggressive. That’s what we need, no matter freshman, senior, whatever.”
On Saturday, Torres scored 13 points and was 2-for-4 from the 3-point line when the rest of the team went a combined 2-for-13. She added two assists, two steals and was 3-for-4 from the freee throw line.
Torres is ranked first in America East in minutes (35.3/game) and second in scoring (15.8 points/game).
The Wildcats (1-3, 1-1 America East) are scheduled to play a non-conference game against UMass on Thursday at Lundholm Gym.
(Telegraph staff writer Tom King contributed to this report).