Horizon League Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (3/8/2016) -- Junior
Rosanna Reynolds was named First Team All-Horizon League and sophomore
Brianne Cohen was voted the Sixth Player of the Year on Tuesday as the pair of University of Detroit Mercy student-athletes were honored in the postseason women's basketball awards by the league. The awards are voted on by the league's head coaches, media members and institution Sports Information Directors.
Reynolds was named All-Horizon League for the second-straight season and as a member of the All-League First Team for the first time in her career. The junior guard started all 29 games during the regular season and led the Titans at 15.5 points per game. The Canton, Mich. native also led Detroit with 142 assists -- which ranked third in the Horizon League -- and 38 steals.
Reynolds also leads the Horizon League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0), while ranking second in the conference in free throw percentage (86.5). She reached the 1,000-point plateau on Jan. 14 against Wright State and set a single-game Detroit record with 15 assists in an overtime win at Wright State on Feb. 20.
Cohen shined in her role of coming off the bench this season, averaging 15.3 points per game. She scored in double figures in 21 of 27 games off the bench during the regular season and ranked third in Horizon League-only games with a 17.9 points per game average. The Toronto, Ont. native is currently leads the league in free throws made (113), while ranking second in field goal percentage (57.8) and sixth in offensive rebounds per game (2.8).
The sophomore forward has scored 20 or more points in six of her past nine games, which includes a career-best and Detroit season-high 33 points in the Titans' regular season finale victory over Milwaukee. Cohen is second on the team in rebounding (5.7) and ranks second on the team in blocked shots with 21.
Detroit (15-14) is the No. 4 seed in the 2016 Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship. The Titans play No. 9 seed Valparaiso in the first game of the tournament at 1 p.m. ET Thursday at the Kress Events Center in Green Bay.
2015-16 Horizon League Women's Basketball Postseason AwardsFirst Team All-Horizon LeagueKim Demmings, Wright State
Ruvanna Campbell, UIC
Stephanie Kostowicz, Milwaukee
Rosanna Reynolds, Detroit
Christine Roush, Northern Kentucky
Second Team All-Horizon LeagueMehryn Kraker, Green Bay
Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State
Sarah Cash, Youngstown State
Olivia Nash, Oakland
Kaili Lukan, Green Bay
All-Freshman TeamAshanti Abshaw, Cleveland State
Taylor Jones, Oakland
Emily Vogelpohl, Wright State
Meredith Hamlet, Valparaiso
Molly Glick, Northern Kentucky
All-Defensive TeamKaili Lukan, Green Bay
Brooke Smith, Cleveland State
Ruvanna Campbell, UIC
Jessica Lindstrom, Green Bay
Richelle van der Keijl, Wright State
Player of the Year: Kim Demmings, Wright State
Coach of the Year: Kyle Rechlicz, Milwaukee
Freshman of the Year: Ashanti Abshaw, Cleveland State
Defensive Player of the Year: Kaili Lukan, Green Bay
Sixth Player of the Year: Brianne Cohen, Detroit
