11/14/06 -- Long
Island University women’s basketball freshman Valerie Nainima
(Suva, Fiji) earned the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week
award in the league’s first installment of weekly honors.
The 5-foot-5 guard averaged 15.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per
game, making starts in her first two collegiate appearances.
In a 76-73 overtime loss to Saint Peter’s
on Nov. 10, Nainima led the team with 17 points, grabbed eight
rebounds and
added three assists. She also was 3-for-6 from three-point land.
Two days later, the Suva, Fiji product once again led the Blackbirds
with 14 points, including two more trifectas, in a 57-36 setback
to Lehigh.
The Blackbirds will return to action on Friday, Nov. 17, when
they host Hofstra at 7:00 p.m.
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