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Smith Named to D3hoops.com National Team of the Week

Women’s Basketball Senior Forward Honored

Senior April Smith was selected to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week after averaging 25.0 points and 14.0 rebounds in two contests last week.
WAYNE, N.J. – William Paterson senior forward April Smith (Barnegat, N.J./Southern Regional) added to her growing list of awards this season when she was named to the five-member D3hoops.com National Team of the Week on Jan. 19.

The Nov. 21, Jan. 2 and Jan. 16 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Player of the Week as well as the Jan. 3 ECAC Metro Region Player of the Week, Smith averaged 25.0 points and 14.0 rebounds in two contests last week.  She posted 16 points, two assists, a pair of steals and a game-best 12 rebounds during a 59-54 win against Rutgers-Newark Jan. 11, and scored a career-high 34 points, adding 16 rebounds and three blocks for her 12th double-double of the season Jan. 14 at No. 23 Kean.

Smith leads all of Division III with 12 double-doubles, and ranks 12th in scoring (20.2 ppg) and rebounding (12.2 rpg).

No. 8/9 William Paterson (16-1, 6-1 NJAC) will host Rutgers-Camden Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1:00 p.m.
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