CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Four America East men's basketball teams picked up wins over last weekend, including Albany winning at Yale, which entered the week with a top-50 RPI rating. Two players who led their respective team to wins are this week's league award winners. Read about them as well as conference notes: Player of the WeekJameel Warney, Stony Brook - Jr., Plainfield, N.J.
- Averaged 18.5 points, 14.5 rebounds and 6.0 blocks in a pair of games last week.
- Contributed 19 points, a season-high 18 boards and four rejections at Canisius Thursday.
- Led the Seawolves to a win at Loyola Sunday with 18 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks.
- The eight blocks are the most by an America East player since Marqus Blakely had eight on Jan. 21, 2008.
- The Player of the Week honor is Warney's third of the season and fourth of his career.
Rookie of the WeekJourdan Grant, UMBC - Fr., Bowie, Md.
- Helped UMBC to a win over Kennesaw State in his lone game last week.
- Had a stellar all-around game, contributing 11 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals.
- Shot 5-of-7 from the field.
Notes
- Stony Brook improved to 5-0 at home with a win over Loyola Sunday.
- The Seawolves' Jameel Warney has 10 double-doubles in 11 games this season.
- Warney leads the country averaging 12.8 rebounds per game.
- Warney's eight blocks Sunday was the most since Marqus Blakely had eight on Jan. 21, 2008.
- Albany won at Yale, which had an RPI of 43 entering the week, Saturday, its second-straight win.
- UMBC won its second straight after starting 0-9, winning at Kennesaw State, 66-53, behind 21 points from Cody Joyce.
- Hartford hit 13 three pointers and scored a season-high 82 points in a win over FIU Sunday.
- Stony Brook ranks 13th nationally in rebound margin (+10.1).
- UNH leads the league in both scoring offense (68.4 ppg) and scoring defense (58.8. papg).
- UMass Lowell’s Jahad Thomas is the first America East player to win three Rookie of the Week honors to start his career since 1993 (Tunji Awojobi, Boston U.).
- UMBC’s Rodney Elliott, the league’s reigning Rookie of the Year, is out for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 17 - Player of the Week: Rayshaun McGrew, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell
Nov. 24 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell
Dec. 1 - Co-Player of the Week: Daniel Dion, New Hampshire/Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell
Dec. 8 - Player of the Week: Marco Banegas-Flores, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Dusan Perovic, Binghamton
Dec. 15 - Player of the Week: Mark Nwakamma, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Tanner Leissner, New Hampshire
Dec. 22 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jourdan Grant, UMBC