Three Villanova women’s basketball players earn Big East honors
Brynn McCurry was named Big East Most Improved Player of the Year after recovering from an ACL tear that sidelined her for the remainder last season.
Three Villanova women’s basketball players received Big East honors on Thursday, including a most improved player of the year award.
Sophomore guard Jasmine Bascoe was unanimously selected to the Big East All-Conference First Team for the second consecutive season. Bascoe has averaged 18.7 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists in the regular season. She totaled a career-high 30 points against Fairfield on Nov. 5.
Bascoe leads the Big East in points and assists per game.
Junior forward Brynn McCurry was named Big East Most Improved Player of the Year after returning from an ACL tear that sidelined her for the entirety of last season. McCurry was also named to the Big East All-Conference Second Team after averaging 10.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists. She totaled four 20-point games and scored double digits in 10 of the first 13 conference games this season.
After only having two double-digit scoring performances before her injury, McCurry returned to total 17 this season. During her freshman season, she only averaged 2.7 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 11.6 minutes off the bench.
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McCurry leads the team in rebounding with 5.5 rebounds per game (159 total) and is second on the team in scoring behind Bascoe.
Kennedy Henry, a Westtown graduate, was named to the conference’s all-defensive team and unanimously to the all-freshman team. She started in all of Villanova’s 27 games this season. The McDonald’s All-American nominee averaged 9.4 points and four rebounds during the regular season. She also led the team with 66 steals and was second in blocks with 24, second to senior Denae Carter (34).
Henry is currently tied for the most steals by a Wildcat in their freshman season. She is one steal shy of breaking the record.
Villanova is the No. 2 seed in the Big East Tournament and is preparing to take on the winner of No. 7 Providence and No. 10 DePaul in the quarterfinals on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.