ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Basketball guard Layla Acosta (Haines City, FL/Haines City) was announced as an Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 9.
The junior averaged 20.3 points on 45.8 percent shooting to help RSC clinch a spot in the E8 Championship Tournament and go 3-0 this week. She made 38.1 percent of her three-point attempts and totaled 15 rebounds, six steals, and five assists across the three games.
Acosta begins the week leading the Conference in free throw percentage and sits tenth in the E8 in scoring at 12.5 points per-game.
The Gators (9-13/7-6 E8), winners of six of their past seven, play next on Friday at Nazareth.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: With a February 8 win at Utica, the Gators clinched their fifth appearance in the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…RSC will play in the Quarterfinal round on Saturday, February 22…The season marked the first with Michael Branche as the Head Coach of RSC Women's Basketball…He had been an assistant women's basketball coach since July 2020…12 players, making up just shy of 94 percent of the team scoring returned for the Gators…The dozen combine with five newcomers on this year's squad…RSC finishes the regular season with seven of its last eight games away from home…Senior guard Malena Gereau (Schroon Lake, NY/Schroon Lake Central), Acosta, and senior guard Lauren Sanderson (Ravena, NY/Ravena-Coyemans-Selkirk) headline the returning Gators…Acosta was announced as the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, February 9…She averaged 20.3 points on 45.8 percent shooting to help RSC clinch a spot in the E8 playoffs with a 3-0 week...The junior commenced the week ranked tenth in the Conference in scoring at 12.5 points per-game…She began the week leading the E8 in free throw percentage…Sophomore forward Kallie Hopkins (Millsboro, DE/Poly Tech) started the week leading RSC in rebounding a 7.9, good for fifth in E8…Senior guard Olivia Huneau (Cohoes, NY/Cohoes), Sanderson, and Gereau were voted captains of the team.
