Monday, November 29, 2010

MORAVIAN’S AMY HEFFNER NAMED LANDMARK CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

MADISON, N.J. --- Senior forward Amy Heffner (Schnecksville, PA/Parkland HS) of the Moravian College women’s basketball team has been named the Landmark Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her performance last week.

Heffner led Moravian to a 66-46 win over DeSales University in the team's only action last week.  Heffner netted a career high 30 points, her fifth straight game this season with a career high in points, to go with eight rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocked shots in 36 minutes of action.  She was nine-for-15 from the floor, two-for-four behind the three-point line and ten-for-11 at the foul line. 

Heffner, who was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week last week, has already scored more points this year, 107 in five games, than she did in all of 2009-10, 102 points in 19 games.

Moravian, which is 2-3 overall, is scheduled to return to action on Wednesday, December 1st in a non-conference game versus Neumann University tipping off in Johnston Hall at 7:00 p.m.