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Jovana Nogic Named To BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
12/3/2018 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Nogic averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in a 3-1 week for the Friars.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Providence College senior guard Jovana Nogic (Belgrade, Serbia) earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition for the first time during the 2017-18 season.  The league announced its weekly honors/awards on Monday, Dec. 3.Â
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Nogic averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a 3-1 week for the Friars.  She closed the week with back-to-back 20+ point games against Rhode Island (20) and Bryant (22) during the Third Annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament in Kingston, R.I., and was named to the All-Tournament Team. In Providence's 72-64 victory over Bryant, she scored the Friars' final nine points in the last 1:14 of the game on a three-point bucket and a 6-6 performance at the foul line. Â
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Nogic also played a critical role in Providence's 59-42 win over Yale, as she scored 10 of her 16 points in the decisive fourth quarter. The Friars held a slim, 41-39, leading heading into the final 10 minutes of play against the Bulldogs, and she accounted for 10 of the Friars' 18 points, overall, in the fourth quarter.
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For the week, she shot .407 from the field (22-54), including 15-37 from three-point range (.405).  She also was 11-11 from the free-throw line.
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Nogic heads into the Friars' next game against UMass Lowell needing just one triple to tie the program's career record for three-pointers, currently held by Julie Wheeler '98, who hit 252 in 101 games from 1994-98.  Nogic has hit 251 three-point buckets in 97 career games with the Friars for a three-point shooting percentage of .406 (251-618).  Nogic set the program's single-season three-point mark during her sophomore campaign (2016-17), with 91.  She has averaged 77 three-point buckets per season during her career.
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Additionally, Nogic has scored 1,345 points during her career at Providence College and ranks 11thall-time in scoring.  She needs 27 points to take sole possession of 10th place on the list, currently held by Providence College Hall of Famer and Friar legend, Doris (Sable) Burke '87.  Burke tallied 1,372 points during her care at Providence from 1983-87.
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Nogic averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a 3-1 week for the Friars.  She closed the week with back-to-back 20+ point games against Rhode Island (20) and Bryant (22) during the Third Annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament in Kingston, R.I., and was named to the All-Tournament Team. In Providence's 72-64 victory over Bryant, she scored the Friars' final nine points in the last 1:14 of the game on a three-point bucket and a 6-6 performance at the foul line. Â
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Nogic also played a critical role in Providence's 59-42 win over Yale, as she scored 10 of her 16 points in the decisive fourth quarter. The Friars held a slim, 41-39, leading heading into the final 10 minutes of play against the Bulldogs, and she accounted for 10 of the Friars' 18 points, overall, in the fourth quarter.
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For the week, she shot .407 from the field (22-54), including 15-37 from three-point range (.405).  She also was 11-11 from the free-throw line.
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Nogic heads into the Friars' next game against UMass Lowell needing just one triple to tie the program's career record for three-pointers, currently held by Julie Wheeler '98, who hit 252 in 101 games from 1994-98.  Nogic has hit 251 three-point buckets in 97 career games with the Friars for a three-point shooting percentage of .406 (251-618).  Nogic set the program's single-season three-point mark during her sophomore campaign (2016-17), with 91.  She has averaged 77 three-point buckets per season during her career.
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Additionally, Nogic has scored 1,345 points during her career at Providence College and ranks 11thall-time in scoring.  She needs 27 points to take sole possession of 10th place on the list, currently held by Providence College Hall of Famer and Friar legend, Doris (Sable) Burke '87.  Burke tallied 1,372 points during her care at Providence from 1983-87.
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