Acosta Tabbed an E8 Player of the Week
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Basketball senior Layla Acosta (Haines City, FL/Haines City) was selected an Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, December 7.
The guard became just the tenth Gator to surpass 1,000 career points in Monday evening's 71-68 non-conference home win vs. SUNY Cobleskill.
Acosta, a two-time All-Conference honoree, led all players with 26 points on 43.5 percent shooting to reach the milestone
RSC (5-2) wraps up the 2025 portion of its calendar on Thursday at Westfield State.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The 2025-2026 season will mark the second with Michael Branche at the helm…The Gators, coming off a trip to the Quarterfinals of the 2024-2025 Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament, combine eight returners with four newcomers on this year's roster...Acosta, a two-time All-Conference pick, and Hopkins highlight the returnees...Acosta has 1,006 career points...Hopkins finished last season ranked fifth in the E8 with a 7.6 rebounding average…Acosta was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 9…She topped all players with 24 points on 47.3 percent shooting in the season-opening home victory vs. Bard on November 8…Freshman guard Miranda Price (Stillwater, NY/Stillwater) was chosen the E8 Rookie of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 16…She tallied a game-high 19 points in the home win vs. SUNY Morrisville on November 15…Price went 7-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, in her collegiate debut.
