ATLANTA – After the first 3-0 start to a season in 10 years, EKU's Alice Recanati has been tabbed Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week and Sierra McCullough has been named Newcomer of the Week.
 
Monday's weekly conference awards mark the 7th for EKU since joining the league in 2021. The weekly awards are also the first for Recanati and McCullough.
 
Recanati was named ASUN Player of the Week following 20.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.3 steals per game against Hanover College, SIUE, and Northern Kentucky. The Bergamo, Italy product recorded three consecutive double-figure scoring efforts, including a career-high 28-point performance against NKU.
 
As of Monday, Nov. 13, Recanati's 62 points through three games is eighth in the NCAA behind Iowa's Caitlin Clark.
 
McCullough was named ASUN Newcomer of the Week following three straight games in double-figure rebounding, including a career-high 16 boards in a win over Northern Kentucky. Additionally, she scored the team's first double-double of the year with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Hanover.
 
As of Monday, Nov. 13, McCullough's 40 rebounds through three games is first in the NCAA by four rebounds above LSU's Angel Reese and Rutgers' Destiny Adams. Her 13.3 rebounds per game are 11th in the country.
 
Recanati, McCullough, and the Colonels return to action on Wednesday against Evansville on the road before departing for The Last Frontier to face UAB and No. 5 Utah or Alaska Anchorage in the 2023 Great Alaska Shootout. For more information regarding EKU's trip to Alaska, click here.

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