Women's Basketball News Releases
Paczosa, LaDew named IIAC's Female and Male Athletes of the Week
MOUNT VERNON - Cornell basketball players Griffin LaDew (Pewaukee, Wis./Waukesha Catholic Memorial) and Kristin Paczosa (Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove) have been named the Iowa Conference's Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Dec. 14.
LaDew averaged 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.7 assists in leading the Rams to a 2-1 mark last week. The senior guard knocked down 18-of-19 free throws (94.7 percent) and went 7-of-19 from 3-point range.
LaDew tossed in a season-high 26 points on the strength of 11-of-11 foul shooting in a 67-60 win over Webster Dec. 13. He totaled 18 points, six rebounds and five steals in a 73-65 comeback victory over Maryville Dec. 14.
LaDew climbed three spots to No. 5 on Cornell's career scoring list with 1,288 points. He is only 85 points shy of the all-time mark, held by Jeff Fleming (1983-87). LaDew leads the Rams in scoring at 14.4 points per game.
Paczosa averaged a double-double with 14.0 points and 13.0 rebounds in two games last week. The junior forward collected 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 16-of-19 (84.2 percent) from the foul line.
Paczosa hauled in a career-high 18 rebounds, which tied Cornell's fourth-best single-game total, in a 79-50 loss to No. 6 UW-Whitewater Dec. 11. She then matched her career high in scoring with a 19-point outing in Cornell's 68-64 comeback win at Grinnell Dec. 13. Paczosa also had eight rebounds, four assists and three steals against Grinnell.
Paczosa leads the IIAC in total rebounds (9.6 rpg) and defensive rebounds (6.3 rpg). She ranks 10th on the school's career rebound list with 334.
The Cornell men (7-2 overall, 1-0 IIAC) travel to play Concordia Dec. 20 in River Forest, Ill. The women's team (5-3, 0-1) is off until Dec. 30, when the Rams visit Monmouth, Ill.
LaDew, a 2005 graduate of Waukesha Catholic Memorial High School, is majoring in economics and business and kinesiology. He is the son of James and Jayne LaDew, Pewaukee, Wis. Paczosa, a 2006 graduate of Buffalo Grove High School, is majoring in kinesiology and psychology. She is the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Paczosa, Arlington Heights, Ill.
