St. John Fisher College’s Mary Kate Cusack of the women’s basketball team has been named as the College’s Female Athlete of the Week for the week ending December 9, 2012.
In a 2-1 week for the Cardinals, Cusack came off the bench and averaged 13.3 points, 3.7 steals and 2.3 rebounds, while knocking down nine 3-pointers.
Her biggest 3-pointer of the week came on Friday night, as the freshman guard swished a shot with 1.0 seconds left in overtime to give her team a 66-64 win over visiting Elmira College.
Cusack started the week off by tallying 18 points and seven steals (both career-highs) in a 63-43 win over visiting Alfred University on Tuesday.
She finished the week off by scoring 10 of her 16 points in the second half in an 87-82 loss in double-overtime at Rochester Institute of Technology on Sunday in a game that saw the Cardinals battle back from an 18-point deficit in the final nine minutes of regulation.
For the season, Cusack is averaging 9.5 points and leads the team in both steals (26) and 3-pointers made (16).
Fisher (5-6 overall, 2-0 Empire 8) will return to action on January 4th at Utica College.
