Penn State Harrisburg Student-Athletes of the Week for February 14, 2018 are Men's Basketball senior Tariq Bennett and Women's Basketball senior Tessa Dolce.
This week's Men's Student-Athlete of the Week is senior basketball player Tariq Bennett. Tariq earned his first start of the season during senior day Saturday and shined in his opportunity. Tariq put up a team and personal season high 17 points against top Capital Athletic Conference foe Christopher Newport. Tariq made it diffcult for the opposition hitting 3 3 pointers and drawing 3 shooting fouls. He also made his presence known on the defensive end of the court, earning 2 steals and adding 3 additional rebounds.
Tessa Dolce of Women's Basketball is this week's Student-Athlete of the Week. This senior celebrated senior day Saturday not only with her friends and family prior to the game, but during her 32 minutes of play. Tessa has been at the top of the conference in many statistical categories this season and only added to her already impressive numbers. Tessa had a game high 22 points and made a season high 10 field goals from the floor. Defensively she had 10 rebounds and 1 block. This adds to the 23 points and 14 rebounds she had last Wednesday against York. Saturday's game against Christopher Newport was her 8th game with a double-double this season.