Berthiaume Named MASCAC WBB Player of the Week

WESTFIELD, Mass. –   Westfield State senior guard Morgan Berthiaume (Webster, Mass./Douglas HS) has been named as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the week, for the Week ending Dec. 14.

Berthiaume averaged 13 points, 5.5 steals, and 4.5 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for the Owls.

She scored a career-high tying 14 points in the Owls 74-70 win over Sage (N.Y.) on Tuesday, with six rebounds and five steals, including three consecutive steals in the closing minute to help preserve the win.

On Saturday, Berthiaume came up with 13 points and six steals in the Owls 77-62 loss at Nichols College.

A sports medicine major at Westfield, Berthiaume is second on the Owls in scoring and rebounding, averaging 9.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this season. She is handing out 3.1 assists per game, and leads the conference with 4.3 steals per game. She was in a tie for 12^th nationally in steals per game in NCAA Division III.

Berthiaume was an all-conference selection as a midfielder for the Owls MASCAC champion women's soccer team in the fall.

Westfield, 7-3 overall, will break for final exams and the holidays, before returning to play at Dean College on January 3.