Campellone Picks Up Corvias ECAC DIII Player of the Week
For her historic performance last week, Chelsea Campellone was named Corvias ECAC Division III Women’s Basketball New England Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
BOSTON – For her historic performance last week, Chelsea Campellone was named Corvias ECAC Division III Women's Basketball New England Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
Following a six-point, four-rebound performance in 13 minutes at Saint Joseph's College of Maine Monday afternoon, the forward put in 43 points in just 33 minutes against Lasell on Saturday, the second-most points in a single-game in Suffolk's 40-year women's basketball history. Campellone used a 16-of-22 performance from the floor and went 11-of-18 at the line to account for more than half of the Rams' 85 points in the 85-63 victory over the Lasers.
The 5-foot-7 forward was two points shy of Suffolk's record of 45, set by Ellen Crotty (Pistorino) in 1987. Campellone is the first player in blue-and-gold to surpass 40-plus points during Ed Leyden's tenure, which spans 22 seasons, and is the first Ram to eclipse the mark inside Regan Gymnasium. The 43-point performance currently ranks as the third highest point total by a student-athlete across all of Division III women's basketball this season, as of January 26. She is also the first player in the GNAC to surpass 40 points since 2013-14.
Campellone finished the week with 49 points in 46 minutes action in a 1-1 week for Suffolk. She put together a 67.9 connection rate (19-28) from the field and shot 61.1 percent (11-18) on freebies, averaging 23.0 ppg and 8.5 rpg.
The Rams and Campellone have their sights set on Thursday night's game as Suffolk hosts Anna Maria at Regan Gymnasium at 7 p.m.