In catching fire for LIU, Acker has emerged as the Sharks’ top scoring threat, and last week supplied the Sharks with 18.3 points per game over three outings. He shot 51.2 percent from the floor and 35.0 percent from beyond the arc, and added 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Acker, a local product out of East New York, recorded a pair of 20-point efforts as part of the Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Toyota Dealers Thanksgiving Tournament. Notably, he posted a career-high 22 points in LIU’s 83-68 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday. He shot 8-14 from the floor, made 4-8 from three-point land and added a career-best nine boards. The frosh also recorded 20 points at Columbia on Tuesday. During Acker’s recent scoring tear, he has averaged 18.3 ppg over his last four contests. He paces LIU, leads all NEC freshman and ranks fourth in the conference with 14.2 ppg on the year.