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Brown, Grande and Monaco Receive All-MAC Honors
March 06, 2018 | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Three members of the Ball State women's basketball team were honored Tuesday when the Mid-American Conference announced its annual post-season awards. Senior forward Moriah Monaco was named Second Team All-MAC, while junior guard Carmen Grande was selected Third Team All-MAC and freshman forward Oshlynn Brown was named to the All-MAC Freshman Team. Additionally, Grande earned MAC All-Defensive Team honors while Brown was tabbed the MAC's Sixth Player of the Year.
This marks the seventh time Ball State has placed at least three players on the All-MAC squads in the same season, with the other being 2016-17, 2014-15, 2008-09, 2007-08 and 1982-83. Monaco received Second Team All-MAC honors for the second time in her career. She has played in 124 games for Ball State and has started in 93 of them. She became the third player last season and the 27th in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career against Central Michigan. Monaco ranks sixth on the program's all-time scoring with 1,566 points. Last year, Monaco broke the school record for single-season 3-pointers in the MAC Tourney semifinals against Buffalo. She earned preseason All-MAC honors in 2017-18 and was named Second Team All-MAC as a junior. Monaco scored a career-high 35 points at Buffalo in 2017. She has scored in double figures 80 times and currently ranks second all-time in 3-point field goals made (284) and fifth in blocked shots (92).
Grande who was on the Honorable Mention squad last season was tabbed Third Team All-MAC. The Madrid, Spain, native currently ranks second in the country in assists per game (9.4) and total assists (272). She currently has 675 career assists and became the program's all-time assists leader at Western Michigan on Feb. 10. Grande recently was named to the CoSIDA Academic First Team All-District, it was the first time since 2009 a Cardinal had received the honor.
Brown has been an asset to the Cardinals' success this season especially in the rebounding category. She has recorded nine double-digit rebounding games including a career best performance pulling down 16 boards at Vanderbilt on Nov. 20, 2017. The Ohio native has earned four double-doubles this season. She scored a season high 22 points against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 7 in Worthen Arena. Brown leads the team in rebounding with 7.5 rebounds per contest. She has also reached double figures in scoring for the Cardinals' eight times this year. Brown is the second-straight Cardinal to receive the MAC's Sixth Player of the Year as senior forward Destiny Washington earned the honor last season.
The No. 3 seeded Ball State women's basketball team earned an automatic bye as the third seed, advancing straight to the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Wednesday at approximately 7:30 p.m. against the No. 6 seed Western Michigan at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
This marks the seventh time Ball State has placed at least three players on the All-MAC squads in the same season, with the other being 2016-17, 2014-15, 2008-09, 2007-08 and 1982-83. Monaco received Second Team All-MAC honors for the second time in her career. She has played in 124 games for Ball State and has started in 93 of them. She became the third player last season and the 27th in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career against Central Michigan. Monaco ranks sixth on the program's all-time scoring with 1,566 points. Last year, Monaco broke the school record for single-season 3-pointers in the MAC Tourney semifinals against Buffalo. She earned preseason All-MAC honors in 2017-18 and was named Second Team All-MAC as a junior. Monaco scored a career-high 35 points at Buffalo in 2017. She has scored in double figures 80 times and currently ranks second all-time in 3-point field goals made (284) and fifth in blocked shots (92).
Grande who was on the Honorable Mention squad last season was tabbed Third Team All-MAC. The Madrid, Spain, native currently ranks second in the country in assists per game (9.4) and total assists (272). She currently has 675 career assists and became the program's all-time assists leader at Western Michigan on Feb. 10. Grande recently was named to the CoSIDA Academic First Team All-District, it was the first time since 2009 a Cardinal had received the honor.
Brown has been an asset to the Cardinals' success this season especially in the rebounding category. She has recorded nine double-digit rebounding games including a career best performance pulling down 16 boards at Vanderbilt on Nov. 20, 2017. The Ohio native has earned four double-doubles this season. She scored a season high 22 points against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 7 in Worthen Arena. Brown leads the team in rebounding with 7.5 rebounds per contest. She has also reached double figures in scoring for the Cardinals' eight times this year. Brown is the second-straight Cardinal to receive the MAC's Sixth Player of the Year as senior forward Destiny Washington earned the honor last season.
The No. 3 seeded Ball State women's basketball team earned an automatic bye as the third seed, advancing straight to the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Wednesday at approximately 7:30 p.m. against the No. 6 seed Western Michigan at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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