George Mason’s Natalie Butler, Nic Cardaño-Hillary Earn A-10 Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
Awards are for games played Nov. 20-26
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — George Mason’s Natalie Butler was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week while teammate Nic Cardaño-Hillary earned Rookie of the Week honors. The awards were for games played Nov. 20-26.
Butler helped the Patriots to a 3-1 week, averaging 17.8 points, 13.8 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 assists while recording four double-doubles last week. The graduate transfer from Fairfax Station, Va., had one of the best games of her career against Drake in the first round of the Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic on Friday in Boulder, Colo. She scored a career-high 26 points and shot a personal-best 10-of-13 from the field. She also grabbed 11 rebounds as the Patriots won their sixth straight for their longest winning streak in six years. She capped off the week with 17 points, 17 rebounds - the most by a Mason player in four years - three blocks and two assists in a loss to Colorado in the championship game of the Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic. Butler has posted seven straight double-doubles, which is tied for the most in the country. She also leads all of Division I with 107 rebounds.
Cardaño-Hillary continued her great start to her freshman season, averaging 16.3 points and 3.3 assists in four games last week. The freshman from Madrid, Spain, has now scored in double figures in all eight games of her collegiate career. On Friday, she scored 21 points in a 87-75 victory over Drake for the Patriots' sixth straight win in the first round of the Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic in Boulder, Colo. It marked the third time this year she has scored more than 20 points. She made four 3-pointers and was 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. She also dished out a career-high six assists against the Bulldogs. She followed that performance with 17 points and three assists in a loss on Saturday against Colorado in the championship game of the tournament.
Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor Roll
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