PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Cincinnati’s Jill Stephens earns BIG EAST Player of the Week, the first women’s basketball player of the week award for the school since joining the league in 2005-06. Marquette’s Angel Robinson is tabbed with BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors, in the fifth week of the season.

Stephens led Cincinnati in scoring and rebounding in home victories over Wright State (73-66) on Dec. 11 and Youngstown State (79-56) on Dec. 15. Stephens played the entire game against Wright State, the fourth time she has been called on to do so this season, and scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds. The junior forward scored a game-high 27 points and notched her fourth double-double of the season with 14 rebounds against Youngstown State. She finished the game with career highs in points (27), field goals (11), field goal attempts (19), 3-point field goals made and attempted (5-of-6) and assists (4).

Robinson, a starter in her rookie season, scored a collegiate-high 13 points in the Golden Eagles' 83-79 win over Indiana State on Dec. 15. In her 21 minutes of action, Robinson made 6-of-10 attempts from the floor  and added four rebounds, six assists and two steals. It was the fourth game this season in which Robinson dished out five or more assists.

BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll

Ashley Barlow, So., G, Notre Dame (Indianapolis, Ind.)

1-0 vs. Valparaiso, 19 points in 22 min., 8-of-12 FG, 3-of-4 3-FG, 15 pts. in first half

Fantasia Goodwin, Sr., F, Syracuse (Hastings, N.Y.)

1-0 vs. Princeton, 16 points & 11 rebounds, 7-of-13 FG, hit 1-of-2 FT to seal win

Laura Kurz, Jr., F, Villanova (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.)

2-0, 20.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 10-of-12 3FG, 68.1 FG%, 28 pts. & six rebs. vs. Binghamton, 13 pts. vs. UMass

Kelly Lam, R-So., C, Marquette (Brookfield, Wis.)

1-0 vs. Indiana State, 21 points, 7-of-8 FG, four rebounds, four assists, two blocks

Angel McCoughtry, Jr., F, Louisville (Baltimore, Md.)

2-0, 23.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.5 spg, 47.6 FG%, 62.5 FT%, 19 pts., 14 mins. vs. UVM, 27 pts. vs. WKU