WEEK 11 STATS: 2 games, 33.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg, 11 3FGM, .440 FG pct.
Kovatch’s hot hand yielded 67 points in 69 minutes as Saint Francis U moved into a tie for first place last week. Leading SFU in scoring during each of the team’s two wins, the sophomore guard contributed 33.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per contest. Rising to the occasion in Saturday’s featured matchup against previously-unbeaten (in NEC play) Central Connecticut, Kovatch sank nine triples and poured in 45 points to lift the Red Flash to an 87-81 victory. The Garden State product set the conference’s single-game season-high scoring total while becoming the first player since 1999 to hit at least nine three-pointers in a NEC game. Two days later, the conference’s leading scorer (22.4 ppg) netted 22 points, six rebounds and three assists in a 79-67 triumph over Bryant. Contributing in the clutch, Kovatch scored six points during a 1:00 span that saw the Red Flash’s lead jump from five to 12 points with only 00:44 remaining in regulation. Eleven of Kovatch’s 24 field goals came from beyond the arc last week. Her 3.95 three-point field goals per game season average leads all Division I players.