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Madelyn DiPillo voted North Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 22-28

Gabriella Mittleman, of Demarest, holds onto the ball as Danielle Regula and Ava Burke, of Pascack Valley play defense, Thursday, January 11, 2024.

After four days of voting, Pompton Lakes sophomore guard Madelyn DiPillo was selected as the North Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the Week.

DiPillo scored a career-high 22 points in an NJIC Colonial win against Eastern Christian, draining 4 three-pointers. She followed up with a game-leading 9 points in Saturday’s Passaic County prelims, helping the Cardinals advance with a 41-9 victory over Manchester.

Here were the other nominees:

Asya Akar

Lyndhurst junior guard/forward

Akar led the Golden Bears to a 3-0 week, which included a pair of wins over Big North teams in the Bergen Invitational Tournament. She averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 steals in the BIT games and also put up 15 points and 5 rebounds in an NJIC National victory at Weehawken.

My’Shayla Clancy

Kennedy junior forward

The Knights have won 10-of-13 following a 1-4 start, and Clancy is a key reason why. In two victories last week, she averaged a double-double with 21.5 points and 15.5 rebounds and chipped in 4.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game, as Kennedy moved into a tie for second in the Big North Liberty.

Dani Daproza

Leonia freshman guard

The Lions earned the first two county-tournament wins in program history, as Daproza helped them defeat Wood-Ridge and Ramsey to advance to the BIT quarterfinals. In a 4-0 week, she averaged 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.3 steals and 2.3 assists while making 8-of-13 free throws.

Gabriella Mittelman

Demarest sophomore guard

Mittelman helped the Norsewomen enjoy a huge week with a divisional victory against Teaneck and a Bergen County Tournament win over Northern Highlands, which extended their win streak to 10. She averaged 23.0 points, 5.5 assists and 4.0 steals while playing the point.

Avery Vacca

West Milford senior guard

Vacca led the Highlanders to a pair of wins over Big North Independence rivals Lakeland and Wayne Hills. She scored 16 points and made 2 three-pointers in the former game and tallied 14 points and 2 threes in the latter, while going 10-for-14 (71 percent) at the free-throw line.

Results

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This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Results: Girls Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 22-28