Three Pirates Named to All-Met Teams - Seton Hall University Athletics
Seton Hall's Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) and Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) were named to the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA)
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Espinoza-Hunter and Park-Lane were named to the First Team, while Elmore netted Second Team honors.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Seton Hall's Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Ossining, N.Y.) and Lauren Park-Lane (Wilmington, Del.) were named to the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Women's Basketball All-Met First Team on Monday. Teammate Desiree Elmore (Hartford, Conn.) was named to the All-Met Second Team.
The local honors come on the heels of all three being named to the All-BIG EAST First Team last month. It's the first time in program history that the Pirates landed three on the premiere team.
Espinoza-Hunter joined the Pirates mid-season and immediately took the BIG EAST by storm. Since joining the team, she has scored in double-figures in 16 of 17 games, reached 20 points seven times and was named BIG EAST Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks. Espinoza-Hunter finished third in the conference with an 18.6 points per game average and twice drained seven three-pointers in a game, tying for the second-most in a single-game in Pirate history. Espinoza-Hunter's 3.1 made three-pointer per game led the conference by a wide margin. On Jan. 20, she exploded for a career-high 30 points in a victory over St. John's.
The 2020-21 BIG EAST Most Improved Player, Park-Lane's maturation has been nothing short of astonishing. Finding her scoring touch as a sophomore, she improved her average from 6.7 points as a freshman to 17.5 points per game this season, which ranked sixth in the BIG EAST Conference. Park-Lane scored in double-figures in 17 of 19 games this season, including her first six career games of 20 points or better. On Feb. 18 against Georgetown, she erupted for a career-high 32 points. The sophomore also finished the regular season second in the conference with 5.4 assists per game and broke out with a career-high 15 assists, at Xavier on Feb. 24, which set a new Pirate record.
Elmore was the only player in the BIG EAST Conference to rank in the Top-15 in all five major statistical categories, scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks and steals. Named BIG EAST Player of the Week once, and to the Weekly Honor Roll three times, she collected five double-doubles in 2020-21 and had eight games of at least 20 points. Elmore ranked seventh in the BIG EAST with 17.4 points per game and was second with 9.1 rebounds per contest. Among several marquee performances, she finished the regular season with a career-high 30 points at St. John's on March 1.