Villanova is preparing for the start of the Big East Tournament, but first, the conference handed out its annual awards on Thursday — and the Wildcats saw three earn honors.
Jasmine Bascoe headlined the selections as she was unanimously selected to the First Team All-Big East for the second straight year. The sophomore guard put up 18.7 points per game to go with four rebounds and five assists. She added 1.9 steals per game as well. Bascoe ended the season as the conference’s leader in points and assists per game.
Bascoe scored 20 or more points 12 times this season, including a career-high 30 against Fairfield in November. She ended the season strong, averaging 24 points, six rebounds, and seven assists over the final three games of the regular season. Bascoe came away with eight steals in the finale against Seton Hall.
Brynn McCurry was named the Most Improved Player in the conference while also being named to the Second Team. The junior missed last season with a torn ACL. As a freshman, she averaged 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds coming off the bench.
This season, McCurry was second on the team with 10.9 points per game and led the team grabbing 5.5 rebounds as well.
Kennedy Henry made a major impact for the Wildcats, starting all 27 games this season. She was named to the All-Defensive team in the Big East while being a unanimous selection to the All-Freshman team as well.
Henry currently has 66 steals, which ties the record for most in their freshman year. She averaged 9.4 points and four rebounds per game this season.
Villanova will enter the Big East Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will start play on Saturday against the winner of Providence and DePaul.
