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Ny'Ceara Pryor. The SHU Women's Basketball team photos taken at the Bobby Valentine Recreation and Health Center, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield CT. Tuesday, August 8, 2023. Photo by: Mark F. Conrad

Ny'Ceara Pryor

  • Award
    NEC Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/10/2024
  • Sport
    Women's Basketball
  • School
    Sacred Heart
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Baltimore, MD
  • High School
    Western
Pryor, the reigning NEC Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year recipient, did not skip a beat in the start of her second go-around of the NEC this past weekend. The Baltimore product led Sacred Heart to a 2-0 start in conference play for the second time in as many seasons with convincing wins over preseason No. 2 Merrimack and Saint Francis U after she put up another signature stat-stuffing line by averaging 19.5 points, 6.5 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals in just 27.0 minutes per contest. During that stretch, she shot 50.0 percent from the field (14-of-28). Pryor started the week by delivering her league-leading sixth 20-point performance of the season in a highly-anticipated matchup against the Warriors on Saturday. Netting a game-high 20 points, she added four assists and three boards in the 65-51 victory. Three days later, Pryor approached triple-double territory in just 26 minutes against the Red Flash after posting 19 points, nine dimes and eight boards in the 39-point victory. With the two big scoring outings, Pryor has dropped double figures in each of her 18 career NEC games, and all 21 games against conference opponents. She enters the week ranked first in the circuit in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (4.44 apg), steals (2.94 spg) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.15), while her 6.4 rebounds per game and .427 field goal percentage are good for fifth and sixth in the conference, respectively. With this week’s honor, she has garnered NEC Player of the Week distinction a league-leading five times this season.