NJIT women's basketball player Alyssa Albanese, from Fort Washington, MD has been selected as NJIT Female Athlete of the Week for her performance during the Highlanders games against UMass- Lowell and Hofstra.
During the Highlanders 87-75 win against UMass-Lowell the junior point guard had a superb game with a points-assists double-double, netting a career-high 23 points (6-11 field goals, 3-5 on threes, and 8-10 at the foul line) and matching her career-best 10 assists.
Albanese's previous career scoring high was 18 vs. Texas-Pan American on January 12, 2013, and her previous season points high was 16 on February 22, in the previous game at Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. Her assists total vs. UMass Lowell matched her NJIT Division I school record, set December 10 this season in a home win against Fairleigh Dickinson. Albanese raised her season's total in assists to 111, 21 more than the previous school Division I record.
In the Highlanders 77-68 loss to Hofstra Albanese was the 2nd leading scorer for NJIT with 16 points and added four assists. She raised her overall assist mark to 234 with one season left to play and her 115 assists this season are a new program record in the DI era.
