Monday, November 22, 2004

MORAVIAN’S STEPHANIE SEAMAN NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior forward Stephanie Seaman (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her performance last week.

Seaman was named the Most Valuable Player and led the Greyhounds to a pair of victories and the championship of the Catholic University Tip-Off Tournament. Seaman began the season with game high 16 points, and she added three rebounds in a 65-49 victory over Gwynedd-Mercy College. Seaman then scored a game high 22 points with right rebounds and three assists in a 66-51 win over ninth-ranked McDaniel College in the championship game. For the tournament, Seaman made 15 of 27 field goal attempts (55.6) and seven of 11 free throw attempts (63.6) as Moravian shot 50 percent from the floor during the two games. Seaman also averaged 19.0 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per contest while being named the MVP.

Moravian, 2-0 overall, will return to action on Tuesday, November 23rd in a non-conference game at DeSales University tipping off at 7:00 p.m. at Billera Hall in Center Valley.