Women's Hoops' McEntee Tabbed to NIT/MBWA All-Metro First Team

04/08/08

New York University women's basketball junior forward Jessica McEntee collected yet another postseason accolade, earning her second straight selection to the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) /Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) First Team All-Metropolitan Division III squad.

The 2007 NIT/MBWA Division III Player of the Year, McEntee has now earned 30 weekly or postseason honors this season. The 5-11 captain from Flushing, NY, was tabbed as an All-American by D3hoops.com (First Team) and the Women's DIII News (Second team), in addition to being selected as the University Athletic Association (UAA) Co-Player of the Year and the D3hoops.com East Region Player of the Year.

Earlier this year, McEntee became the first-ever women's basketball player in Division I, II or III to garner PrestoSports/MBWA Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks twice. She secured consecutive citations on Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, and also earned back-to-back nods during the 2006-07 campaign.

McEntee averaged a school-record 20.8 points and 11.4 rebounds while shooting 82.4% at the free-throw line. She led the UAA in scoring and rebounding while ranking ninth and 18th, respectively, on the NCAA Division III leaderboard in those categories. The junior also rated 52nd nationally in free-throw percentage.

Overall, McEntee enjoyed a historic season for NYU (14-11, 3-11 UAA). She tied the Association 14-game record for points scored (301) and scoring average (21.5). In addition, the junior emerged as the UAA career leader in free throws made (253).

McEntee became the first NYU women's basketball standout to be named UAA Player of the Year twice since Marsha Harris (1996, 1997).

This season, McEntee recorded 17 double-doubles, scored 20-plus points on 13 occasions and produced 30 or more points three times. She tallied a career-high 38 points and snared 19 rebounds while making a school-record 20 free throws (on 21 attempts) in an 87-82 victory over SUNY New Paltz on Dec. 1, 2007.

In addition, McEntee also established a new Violet standard for points scored in a half when she tallied 26 of her game-high 30 points in the second half vs. the University of Rochester on Feb. 17, 2008, in the team's home finale.

After three seasons, McEntee ranks sixth in rebounding (834) and eighth in scoring (1,210 points). She is on pace to join Patti McCrudden (1,682 points, 1,168 rebounds) and Carrie Kaczmarski (1,251 points, 1,075 rebounds) as the third-ever NYU women's basketball player to produce 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

2007-08 All-Met Division III Women's Basketball Team

First Team
Jessica McEntee, NYU
Melissa Beyruit, Kean
Chari' Cooper, Kean
Dani Dudek, Stevens Tech
Asia Johnson, William Paterson
Sally Nnamani, Lehman