LHU’s Evans tabbed Women’s Basketball PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week

LOCK HAVEN – Madeline Evans (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) of the No. 23/14 Lock Haven women’s basketball team was named this week’s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday (March 4).

Evans earns her first career PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week honor, after dominating the paint on defense.

Evans helped lead the 2023-24 PSAC East regular Season Champions – Lock Haven – to a 2-0 week to secure a perfect 13-0 record at home this season.

The Bald Eagles kicked off the week with an impressive, 60-38, victory over Bloomsburg on Wednesday, before putting an exclamation point on their historic season by upending Millersville, 58-37, on Saturday.

During the week, Evans totaled 23 rebounds and blocked three shots.

In the victory over Bloomsburg, Evans pulled in a career-high 16 rebounds and blocked a shot. Her 16 rebounds are tied for the fourth-most in a game in the conference this season.

In the regular-season finale against Bloomsburg, Evans pulled in seven rebounds and blocked a pair of shots.

Evans has 208 rebounds this season, which ranks 10th in the PSAC. Her 101 offensive rebounds rank second in the conference and is 11 shy of breaking the Bald Eagle single-season record.

NEXT UP

The top-seeded Bald Eagles host the second round of the PSAC Championship Tournament on Wednesday night (March 6) at 5:30 p.m. inside Thomas Fieldhouse. They will face either No. 4 seed Millersville (12-16 overall, 10-12 PSAC) or No. 5 seed East Stroudsburg (10-17 overall, 8-14 PSAC) in Wednesday’s second round.

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