Athlete of the Week: Felicia Barron

Athlete of the Week: Felicia Barron

Courtesy: quinnipiacbobcats.com

By Ben Dias, QBSN Staff Writer

This week’s QBSN athlete of the week honors are awarded to Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) of the women’s basketball team. 

Barron, a junior guard is having herself a career year. She currently leads the Bobcats with 18 points-per-game. Barron also leads the team with three assists-per-game and five steals per game. Barron is also the leading Bobcats in minutes played per game with 29 minutes per game. 

The 5-7 point guard has received some prestigious accolades this season. So far this season, Barron has been named the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Basketball player of the week two times. Barron received her first honor for the week of Jan. 17. 

Barron received her first NEC weekly award of the 2011-12 season after leading the Bobcats to consecutive conference road wins at the hands of Saint Francis (Pa.) by a score of 85-73 and defeating the Robert Morris Colonials, 82-74. 

Barron led the team in scoring, combining for 50 points, dishing out three assists and adding nearly three steals per game. Barron shot 56 percent from the field including 9-of-16 beyond the arc. She also converted 13-of-15 from the charity stripe, including 9-of-11 free throws against RMU. Barron scored a career high 26 points against the Colonials of Robert Morris to go along with three steals. Against Saint Francis, she scored 24 points and had five assists. 

The Bobcats leading scorer, Barron was also named the Choice Hotels NEC player of the week for the week of Jan. 24. It is Barron’s second consecutive NEC player of the week honors as she led the Quinnipiac to two consecutive road wins for the second week in a row.

The Springfield, Mass. native registered 10 points in an 84-47 win at Bryant. Facing previously unbeaten and first place Sacred Heart on the road, the junior guard tied her career high with 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting including 4-of-8 from three-point range. Barron also chipped in with three assists, three rebounds and two steals. 

While continuing to help the Bobcats against the tough NEC schedule, Barron continues to lead the nation with just under five steals per game while ranking first in scoring in the conference   with 22 points per game. Quinnipiac currently ranks second in the conference in steals per game with 10.5. Barron’s aggressive nature on defense and 4.7 steals per game has helped Quinnipiac’s defense achieve just fewer than 11 steals per game. 

The Bobcats will look to Barron to keep up her stellar play and continue to be an integral part of a team looking to make a deep run in the NEC playoffs and cement their name as a team to beat.