2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
Accolades: 2020-21 All-MAAC First Team, 2020-21 All-Met First Team, 2021 MAAC Tournament MVP, 2017-18 MAAC All-Rookie, Three-Time MAAC All-Academic Selection.
- Finished her Marist career seventh all-time in program history with 730 career rebounds and 10th in program history with a career .472 field goal percentage
- Started in 102 of her 114 career games, averaging 7.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest
- Recorded 36 career games with 10-plus points, 17 double-digit rebounding efforts, and nine double-doubles
- Won two MAAC regular season championships, appeared in the MAAC Championship final three out of four times in her career, and played in the NCAA Tournament (2021) and WNIT (2018)
Accolades: All-Met First Team, All-MAAC First Team, MAAC Tournament MVP, MAAC All-Academic Team, Preseason All-MAAC Third Team, 2020-21 Marist Sportsperson of the Year Honoree.
- Started all 22 games for Marist, ranking second on the team with 32.9 minutes per game
- Led Marist while setting season-bests in scoring (12.2 points per game) and rebounding (9.1 rebounds per game, which ranks ninth-best by a Red Fox in a single season)
- Ranked top 15 in the MAAC in scoring average (11th), rebounding average (third), field goal percentage (11th), free throw percentage (career-best .789, sixth), assists (career-best 2.9 per game, 11th), assist/turnover ratio (11th), offensive boards per game (eighth), defensive boards per game (third), and minutes per game (14th)
- Scored in double figures across 16 games, achieved double-digit rebounds nine times, and collected seven double-doubles
- Earned her first double-double of the campaign with a 12-point, 11-rebound performance against Canisius on December 12th
- Exploded for 18 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, four shy of the single-game program record, at Quinnipiac on January 4th
- Scored the final seven Marist points against Manhattan on January 10th in a 50-46 win, securing the double-double with 10 points and 10 boards
- Unloaded a career-high 27 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Niagara on January 22nd, the most points and field goals for a Red Fox on the season
- Ended the regular season with six games in double figures, with double-doubles at Siena and against Saint Peter’s
- Averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game in the MAAC Championships to secure Tournament MVP honors, the first since Sydney Coffey in 2014. She registered 14 points and 14 rebounds on 50 percent shooting in the quarterfinal round against Siena, 17 points, nine boards, and six assists against Fairfield in the semifinals, and 20 points, 13 rebounds, and a 64.3 percent shooting performance in the championship against Saint Peter’s
- Helped lead the team with eight rebounds and four assists against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament on March 22nd
Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team
- Appeared in 25 games, making 22 starts, averaging a career-best 7.5 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting .562 from the floor
- Ranked first in the MAAC in field goal percentage and 13th in rebounds
- Notched a season-best 14 points at Monmouth on Jan. 25, her first of eight games in double figures
- Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, including five offensive boards, against Rider on Jan. 16
- In two games against Niagara, she dished out a career-best seven assists in each matchup, the latter of which coming in a 13-point, seven-rebound, seven-assist output on Feb. 1
- Tallied her second-career double-double with 11 points and 10 boards against Manhattan on Feb. 8
- Registered six or more rebounds in 16 games on the season
Accolades: MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Appeared in 33 games, making 31 starts
- Averaged a career-high 6.6 points in a career-high 22.6 minutes per game
- Second on the team in field goal percentage (50%) and rebounds per game (5.6)
- Shot a career-best mark from the free-throw line (68%) and had a career-high 49 total assists
- Made her first career three-pointer vs Canisius, Feb. 16
- Had a career-high 15 points at Siena, Feb. 1, to go along with a career-best four blocks, and a season-high 11 rebounds. She earned her first career double-double.
Accolades: MAAC All-Rookie Team, MAAC Rookie of the Week 2x (1/22 & 1/29).
- Appeared in 34 games, started in 27 of those games, and averaged 22.0 minutes per game
- Scored 162 points, averaging 4.8 points per game
- Totaled 194 rebounds (5.7 per game), 24 assists, while shooting 64-151 (.424)
- Made 34-63 field throws (.540)
- Had 14 steals and 22 blocks
- Went 6-11 in field goals attempted, had nine rebounds and two steals against Siena, Jan. 18
- Had a season high 11 rebounds twice, most recently against Siena, March 4
Prior to Marist: Willow Duffell, a 2015-16 First Team All-Conference player, helped lead her team to a Section 9 Championship her junior year averaging 10 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks a game. Duffell spent the summer playing for the Empire State Basketball club where she averaged 15 points and 15 rebounds a game. In her senior year, Duffell was named to the 2016-17 Hudson Valley First Team, averaging 13 points and 8 rebounds a game. She was also named First Team All-Section 9, as well as Section 9 Player of the Year. Duffell also won a Section 9 Soccer title in 2016 and is a member of the National Honors Society.
Giorgis on Willow Duffell – “Willow is a very athletic 4/5 player, somebody who can really get up and down the floor. We were very impressed when we watched her in AAU that she could switch onto guards and stay in front of guards. She gives us some really good athleticism up front.”
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Historical Player Information
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2017-18Freshman
Forward
6'2"
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2018-19Sophomore
Forward
6'2"
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2019-20Junior
Forward
6'2"
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2020-21Senior
Forward
6'2"