McNamee, Moran and Raccuglia Named to HVIAC All-Conference Team

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Seniors Kelly McNamee (Glendale, N.Y./Mary Louis) and Megan Moran (Syosset, N.Y./St. Dominic's) along with junior Taylor Raccuglia (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) were named to the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) All-Conference Team after helping lead the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's basketball team to a 4-2 record in league play and a spot in the season-ending conference tournament.

McNamee concludes her career with her third All-Conference nod. The senior averaged a career- and team-high 13.0 points per game (No. 10 in HVIAC) on 34.0 percent shooting from beyond the arc (No. 2 in HVIAC) and 90.6 percent shooting at the charity stripe. The guard also added 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game to her stat line. The one-time AD3I Player of the Week and Student-Athlete of the Month finished with 18 games of 10 or more points and led the Lady Bears in scoring 11 times.

McNamee capped off her senior season with 15.6 points per game, the most of any month this season, and averaged 3.3 boards, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game in the month of February. The guard had a career day in one of St. Joseph's biggest games of the season, scoring a career-high 23 points, including her 900th career point, against Berkeley College in the HVIAC Tournament semifinals.

Moran is named to the All-Conference Team for the first time in her career after stepping up for St. Joseph's in her final season wearing a Lady Bears uniform. The senior averaged a career-high 11.8 points per game (No. 12 in HVIAC) on 44.0 percent shooting (No. 3 in HVIAC) along with 7.3 caroms per game (No. 13 in HVIAC). The forward was a constant force in the St. Joseph's lineup, playing and starting in all 26 games on the season.

The two-time USCAA Player of the Week had 16 games on the season with double-digit points, including 13 of the last 14 games to conclude the season. Moran also had three double-doubles on the season, doubling her total from her first three years combined, and led the team in scoring 10 times. The one-time AD3I Player of the Week had her best month of the season in January, averaging 14.4 points per game on 50.6 percent shooting.

Raccuglia takes home All-Conference honors for the first time in her career following a season that saw her do a little bit of everything for St. Joseph's. The junior averaged a career-high 11.2 points (No. 15 in HVIAC) and 7.4 rebounds per game (No. 12 in HVIAC) along with a team-high 3.0 assists (No. 6 in HVIAC) and 2.5 blocks per game (No. 2 in HVIAC). The forward scored in double figures 16 times, had five games with 10 or more rebounds, had six games with five or more assists and four games with five or more blocks.

The one-time USCAA Player of the Week had four double-doubles on the season and became the second Lady Bear ever to reach 100 blocks with two against York College on February 5th. Raccuglia used her best game of the season to help St. Joseph's beat their archrivals St. Joseph's (L.I.) on December 21st. The two-time AD3I and one-time HVIAC Player of the Week finished with 15 points and a career-high 19 rebounds along with six assists and five blocks against the Golden Eagles.