Holloway, Gallagher earn All-NEC honors
SOMERSET, N.J. – Senior Sydney Holloway (Morgantown, W.Va.) and freshman Nicole Gallagher (Foxboro, Mass.) represented the Bryant University women's basketball team with All-Conference honors, as announced Monday by the conference office.
Holloway was named to the All-NEC Second Team after leading the conference on the glass. The 5-10 forward from Morgantown pulled down 254 rebounds on the year and 165 against the NEC. Holloway also led the conference averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds a night ranking her 21st in the country in that category. The senior enters the postseason with 11 double-doubles from the regular season including three-straight just before quarterfinals. Holloway finished the regular season averaging 12.5 points per game and 9.2 rebounds against NEC opponents.
Gallagher didn't waste any time getting accustomed to the NEC as she posted six-straight double-figure scoring games in her NEC debut. The rookie from Foxboro, Mass. led the Bulldogs during the regular season with 51 made three-pointers and 34 against the NEC. She enters the postseason ranked fifth in the conference, first among freshmen, averaging 1.76 made three's a night. Gallagher concluded her first regular season in the Black and Gold averaging 9.4 points per game against the NEC.
The Bulldogs head into battle tonight at 7 p.m. when they take on No. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson at the Rothman Center in Hackensack. All of the action can be watched on NEC Front Row.
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