DENVER
- Two New Mexico State women's basketball players earned 2009-10 All-Western
Athletic Conference honors following a vote of the WAC's head coaches last
weekend.
Aggie senior guard Crystal Boyd
received second team recognition while freshman guard Camila Rosen was named to
the freshman team.
After sitting out last season, Boyd
has thrived in an Aggie uniform this year in her first full season of action on
the hardwood. This year Boyd leads the team in field goals made (174); rebounds
(7.6 rpg); blocks (49); steals (67) and points (15.4 ppg) per game.
In addition, Boyd
set numerous career highs including 26 points against WAC Champion Fresno
State; 15 boards versus I-10 rival UTEP; six blocks against Nevada; four steals
against Idaho and went six-of-six from the free throw line versus Rio Grande
Rival New Mexico.
Boyd posted her first career double
against UNM on Dec. 2 then went on to notch six more double-digit point and
rebound performances this season. She scored in double digits in 26 of 30 games
this season after starting each contest this year. The Little Rock, Ark.,
native posted 20 points or more on 8 occasions this year including 25 in an
upset win over No. 21 Kansas on Jan. 3.
Rosen played 26 games in Crimson and
White this year and moved into the Aggie starting rotation in the final nine
games of the regular season.
On the season, Rosen averaged 2.5
points and 2.8 rebounds per game in 15.2 minutes of playing time. She led all
NM State players who started games this season by shooting 48.1 percent from
the field. Rosen also totaled a dozen blocks and 19 steals in her first year.
As a starter over the last nine
games, Rosen's numbers have blossomed with 4.1 points and 2.9 boards and 22.4
minutes of time on the floor per contest. Rosen boasts a 55.6 percentage from
the floor as a starter and is four-of-six from beyond the three-point line.
Perhaps Rosen's best outing of the
year was during a 74-53 victory over Utah State at the Pan American Center on
Feb. 23. The Berkeley, Calif., native
scored a career-high 10 points against the blue Aggies, going 4-of-4 from the
field including her first pair of career three-pointers at NM State.
Other notable career highs for Rosen
include eight rebounds against New Mexico Highlands; four blocks at Idaho and
four assists versus Alcorn State.
Boyd and Rosen helped NM State
finish the regular season at 18-12 overall and 8-8 in the WAC. The Aggies are
seeded fifth in the conference tourney and will face No. 4 seed Idaho who edged
NM State twice this season by a combined total of four points. The Aggies and
Vandals will tip in game two of the tournament at 3:30 p.m. MT Wednesday, Mar.
10. Should the Aggies win, they would face the winner of top seed Fresno State
and eighth-seeded Hawai'i at 1:00 p.m. Friday, Mar. 12.
Exclusive, behind-the-scenes video
content from the WAC Tourney will be provided by AggieVision this week at http://www.youtube.com/user/AggieVision.
A
live broadcast of the game can be heard across the state on the Aggie Sports
Radio Network with Kyle Doperalski on KGRT-FM 103.9.
Click NMStateSports.com for all of the latest
women's basketball news.
Courtesy: Tim Barnett-Queen
