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Kaiyem Cleary

  • Award
    NEC Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/23/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    Le Moyne College
  • Year
    Graduate Student
  • Position
    Guard
  • Hometown
    Manchester, England
  • High School
    Redemption Christian Academy (NY)

Cleary provided a lift on both ends of the floor for Le Moyne last week as the Dolphins secured their first NEC sweep, highlighted by a statement road win against the NEC’s last unbeaten team. Cleary, who hails from Manchester, England, registered 17.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 steals per game while shooting 46.2 percent from long range. In Le Moyne’s last-second, 75-73 victory at first place CCSU, Cleary posted 19 points, eight rebounds, three assists, four blocks and three steals, and hit 3-8 from distance. He became one of three players across the nation this season to finish a game with at least 19p/8r/3a/4b/3s in a game, joining Syracuse’s Maliq Brown and Louisiana’s Joe Charles. Two days later, he contributed 15 points on 5-9 shooting, including a 3-5 mark from three-point territory, in the Dolphins’ dominant 94-57 home win over Saint Francis U. Cleary is averaging 18.4 ppg and 6.8 rpg in NEC play, both top-five marks in the conference. Overall, he slots in fourth in NEC in scoring (14.5), eighth in rebounding (5.7), second in FT percentage (.818) and three-point percentage (.410), and seventh in made three-pointers (1.9).