Palmer exceeded her scoring (17.9 ppg) and rebounding (9.7 rpg) averages in each of Long Island’s two NEC contests last week. Averaging a double-double, the freshman forward tallied 25.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. Palmer accounted for 44 percent of her team’s total scoring output for the week while shooting 21-of-39 (.538) from the field. The six-time Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week scored 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting and secured nine caroms on the road against first-place Sacred Heart. Two days later, Palmer posted her 11th double-double and ninth 20-plus-point performance in a two-point setback to Mount St. Mary’s. The rookie forward logged 22 points and 16 rebounds.