Adam Grant (BRY, Sr, G)
Grant posted his fifth 20+ point game of the young season with 24 points at Drexel on Wednesday. For the week, he averaged 20.5 ppg, 4.0 apg and 1.5 spg. He currently ranks second in the NEC with 20.4 ppg.

Charles Pride (BRY, Fr, G)
Pride dropped a career-high 25 points on 11-17 shooting at Drexel on Wednesday, the most for a Bulldog freshman since Adam Grant’s 25 vs. Sacred Heart in 2017. He contributed 17.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg and shot 54.2 percent from the field over two games. Pride leads all NEC freshman with 12.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 52.3 percent FG accuracy.

Kaleb Bishop (FDU, Sr, F)
Bishop put up 16.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 2.0 bpg last week for the Knights. He matched his career-high with 21 points on 9-15 shooting, including 3-4 from behind the arc at Lafayette on Sunday. He also posted a double-double with 11 points and 12 boards at Army last Monday.

Raiquan Clark (LIU, R-Sr, F)
Clark contributed 17.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.0 bpg and converted at a 54.5 percent clip from the floor in a three-game week for the Sharks. He led LIU with 25 points, and added six rebounds and a pair of blocks in the team’s first win of the season last Monday at Delaware St. Clark also paced the Sharks with 18 points at #12 Texas Tech on Sunday. He is the third-leading scorer on the circuit with 20.0 ppg.

Dante Treacy (RMU, So, G)
Treacy comes off the finest week of his young career, highlighted by a strong effort in RMU’s four-point loss at Marquette on Saturday. He scored seven points in the final minute to finish with a team-high 14 points and five assists, and added four rebounds and a pair of steals. For the week, Treacy averaged 13.5 ppg, 5.5. apg, 3.0 rpg and 2.5 spg.

E.J. Anosike (SHU, Jr, F)
Anosike averaged a double-double with 15.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg in a busy 3-1 week for the Pios. He shot 59.5 percent from the floor and 40.0 percent from distance. Anosike posted double-doubles against Brown (16p/13r) and Albany (19p/14r). He is the NEC’s third-leading rebounder at 10.0 per game, and is averaging 14.1 ppg.

Koreem Ozier (SHU, So, G)
Ozier led the Pioneers with 18.3 ppg on strong shooting splits across the board last week. He converted 51.1 percent from the floor, 47.8 percent from outside the arc and 87.5 percent from the stripe. Ozier, who drained 11 triples, also averaged 4.5 rpg and 2.0 spg. He exploded for a career-high 28 points in a 84-63 win over Brown on Tuesday.

Cameron Parker (SHU, So, G)
Parker dished for a career-high 16 assists in a 97-80 win at Quinnipiac on Sunday. He added 16 points and six rebounds in the win. For the week, Parker contributed 11.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 8.3 apg. He leads the NEC with 6.9 apg on the year.

Curtis Cobb (WC, Gr, G)
Cobb registered a game-high 25 points in Wagner’s 81-77 overtime win at Saint Peter’s on Wednesday. He hit 3-6 from three-point range and was a perfect 10-10 from the line, hitting all ten in the final 43 seconds of the extra session to clinch the victory. Cobb leads the NEC with 21.6 ppg.

Elijah Ford (WC, Jr, G)
Ford earned the first two starts of his Wagner career and responded with 16.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg and 3.0 spg in a 1-1 week for the Green & White. He recorded his first double-double with 18 points and 13 boards - both career-highs - in the Seahawks’ 81-77 overtime win at Saint Peter’s on Wednesday. Ford’s big week lifted his season numbers to 12.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg.
  
TOP STORYLINES FROM #NECMBB WEEK 3

Here’s all you need to know from the third week of the 2019-20 season...

ROAD WARRIORS
 
Just eight games into its maiden DI voyage and the superlatives are already starting to pile up for Merrimack.
 
With Sunday’s 62-58 win at Hartford, the Warriors have now won three road games, tying them with Vermont and William & Mary for most in the country thus far in 2019-20.
 
Merrimack already has a 71-61 conquest over Northwestern on its resume, and also won at UMass Lowell.
 
The Warriors will next test their road mettle on Friday when they visit an Akron team that comes off a six-point loss at Louisville on Sunday.
 
PIONEER POINTS
 
There was little time for Sacred Heart to rest last week, but the Pioneers earned themselves a well-deserved week off.
 
SHU finished a four-game in six-day stretch with a 3-1 mark, including a pair of wins at the Bobcats Invitational over the weekend. The three victories came by an average margin of 21.3 ppg.
 
The Pioneers found their groove offensively, averaging 82.2 ppg on 49.1 percent shooting, while hitting 9.0 three-pointers per outing at a 37.5 percent clip.
 
SHU downed Brown, 84-63, on Tuesday, then picked up wins over Presbyterian (83-57) and Quinnipiac (97-80) as part of the invite.
 
Four players averaged in double digits for the week, led by sophomore guard Koreem Ozier (Racine, WI/Scotland Campus Sports), who recorded 18.3 ppg. NEC Player of the Week E.J. Anosike (East Orange, NJ/Paramus Catholic (St. Thomas More)) averaged a double-double with 15.5 ppg and 10.3 rpg. Senior guard Kinnon LaRose (Ogdensburg, NY/Ogdensburg Free Academy (Siena)) added 11.3 ppg and 6.5 rpg, while sophomore point guard Cameron Parker (Beaverton, OR/Tilton School) finished with 10.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 8.3 apg.
 
PARKER’S PRODUCTIVE DAY
 
Cameron Parker (Beaverton, OR/Tilton School) announced his presence as an elite point guard when he set the NEC freshman assist record a year ago and led the conference in dimes en route to All-Rookie honors.
 
The sophomore turned more heads on Sunday with an otherworldly performance in Sacred Heart’s 97-80 win at Quinnipiac.
 
Parker finished with 16 points, a career-high 16 assists and six rebounds as the Pioneers cruised to a win over their former NEC rivals.
 
In doing so, Parker became just the fourth player in the last decade to put up at least 16/16/6 in a game. The last to do it: former Murray State great and current Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, who had 17 points, 16 assists and 11 boards in an NCAA Tournament win over Marquette on March 21, 2019. The others to turn the trick were Oakland’s Kay Felder (26p/16p/9r vs. Detroit Mercy on 2/26/16) and Drake’s Nick Norton (18p/17a/9r vs. North Dakota State on 12/1/18).
 
Parker once again leads the NEC and ranks 13th in DI with 6.9 apg. He has now racked up 261 helpers in 38 career games.
 
LIU’S CLARK REACHES CAREER MILESTONE
 
In a year that’s sure to include a host of notable statistical achievements, LIU senior forward Raiquan Clark (New Haven, CT/Hillhouse) crossed one off his list on Sunday at #12 Texas Tech.
 
Clark cracked the 1,500-point for his career to become the 74th player in NEC history to reach the scoring milestone.
 
The former walk-on, who has since gone on to become a two-time All-NEC honoree, is on pace to reach 2,000 career points, a feat accomplished by just six players in league annals.
 
Clark currently ranks second among active NEC scorers with 1,506 career points.
 
FLOWERS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
 
Last Monday we broke down how LIU redshirt junior Ty Flowers (Waterbury, CT/Sacred Heart (UMass)) had elevated his game in the early stages of the 2019-20 campaign.
 
By that evening, Flowers had already rewritten the script.
 
In serving as one of the catalysts in the Sharks’ 92-84 win at Delaware State on Monday, the 6’9” forward put up numbers that left him in a league of his own.
 
Flowers became the first player in the nation over the last decade to finish with at least 18 points, 17 rebounds, seven assists, three blocks and two steals in a game.
 
Even removing the blocks and steals, there have been only 14 players over the last ten years with 18p/17r/7a in a game, a list that includes current and former NBA players Ben Simmons (LSU), Kyle Anderson (UCLA), DeAndre Bembry (Saint Joseph’s) and Norris Cole (Cleveland State).
 
Flowers currently ranks first in the country with 10.0 defensive rebounds per game. He is second in the NEC and ninth nationally with 11.8 rpg, and is first in the league and fifth in DI with four double-doubles.
 
MILESTONE ALERT #2
 
Merrimack senior guard Juvaris Hayes (Paterson, NJ/St. Anthony) recorded his 800th career assist in the Warriors’ 62-58 win at Hartford on Sunday. He is just 26 dimes away from setting the program’s career mark.
 
HARDING’S BOARD ROOM
 
With a goal to challenge for NEC supremacy, Bryant needed to bolster its productivity on the glass.
 
The call went out and Patrick Harding (Fairfield, CT/Fairfield Prep (Suffield Academy)) was more than up for the challenge.
 
Coming off a rookie season that saw him rank second among NEC freshman with 5.3 rpg despite playing limited minutes, it wasn’t hard to read the tea leaves in Smithfield.
 
The Bulldogs had a player willing and able to put on his hard hat and get to work on the glass.
 
Bryant ranked dead last in rebound margin in the NEC last season at -3.8, but with Harding’s emergence as a force on the glass this season, the Bulldogs currently lead the NEC and rank 42nd nationally with a +8.6 margin.
 
The swing of over 12 rpg can be attributed to Harding’s emergence. He ranks first in the NEC and third nationally with 12.7 rpg and is seventh in the country in defensive rebound percentage (34.7). And he’s doing all of this while still only averaging 22.7 minutes per outing.
 
Bryant comes off a recent three-game stretch - all wins - that saw the Bulldogs snare 50 or more rebounds each time. Ironically, the Bulldogs had never pulled down 50 rebounds in a game in the program’s first 11 seasons.
 
Last week, the sophomore from Fairfield, CT averaged 7.0 rpg and 13.0 rpg. He posted his second double-double of the year with 10 points and 15 rebounds at Drexel on Wednesday.
 
On the year, he’s averaging 7.1 ppg on 59.5 percent shooting from the floor.
 
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? SFBK’S JALEN CANNON
 
The NEC’s career rebounding leader continues to do what he does best.
 
Now five years removed from his collegiate playing days, all-time St. Francis Brooklyn great Jalen Cannon has established himself on the other side of the pond, displaying the same blue collar ethic that made him such a fan favorite in Brooklyn Heights.
 
Cannon, who hails from Allentown, PA, racked up 1,720 points over his four years in a SFBK uniform, and his 1,159 rebounds shattered the league’s all-time mark. In doing so, he graduated as a three time All-NEC honoree and was tabbed the 2014-15 NEC Player of the Year after he led the Terriers to the conference regular season title and a berth in the NEC final.
 
Those four years in a Terrier uniform paved the way for success at the next level, according to Cannon.
 
“My time at St Francis helped prepare me for the pros in a big way,” Cannon recently told us. “I learned time management in my freshman seminar class. It helped me out a lot. It’s a big adjustment from college. I have two practices a day usually at 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. So my time frame to do errands is small for food shopping, cooking, laundry, cleaning, taking care of my body and getting extra work in on the court.”
 
He also acknowledged the impact those in his day-to-day life at SFBK made in his development, and how that personal touch made a difference.
 
“I learned a lot of life skills from coach (Glenn) Braica about how you carry yourself on and off the court. I took a little bit from everyone at St. Francis. I learned on-court drills from coach Clive (Bentick), (Jamaal) Womack and (Ron) Ganulin. I (learned) stretching/recovery for the body and strength and conditioning (techniques) from our ATC Andrew Cornicello and strength & conditioning coach Yuki Miyazawa, and applied it to what I do now in the pros, which has helped me drastically.”
 
After graduating, he played for Jefes de Fuerza Lagunera in Mexico in 2015-16, before heading overseas the following season where he suited up for Hapoel Afula B.C. in Israel.
 
Cannon’s big break came in 2017-18 when he signed with Fortitudo Agrigento in Italy’s Serie A2 league. He averaged 15.2 ppg and 9.6 rpg in his first season. Cannon resigned with the club for the 2018-19 campaign, putting up 16.9 ppg on 64.6 percent shooting, to go along with 8.2 rpg, all team-high figures.
 
While the time away from home has its pitfalls, in the end, it’s worth the sacrifice to Cannon.

“It’s certainly different then America and sometimes you forget how spoiled you were in America. It’s a blessing, but a struggle. You spend nine or ten months your away from family/friends and miss all the major holidays and most birthdays. Then again, you’re doing what you love so it’s a blessing. It’s mentally tough and certainly not for everyone.”
 
This season Cannon is playing for Zeus Energy Group Rieti in Serie A2. Ten games into the year, he has lifted his numbers to 19.8 ppg and 9.1 rpg. On November 17, he racked up 23 points and 14 boards against Edinol Biella.
 
“On my new team everything’s going well. We are in fifth place sitting at 6-4. This is a league similar to the NEC in that anyone can win at any given time. You have to be focused and ready!”

And if you think thousands of miles have in an way diminished Cannon’s love for his alma mater, you’d be sadly mistaken.
 
“Last but not least, GO TERRIERS!!!!”
 
For Cannon, fans here is a link to a NEC Google Hangout with the star forward back in his senior year in 2015.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwI-y2Ezi4
 
Cannon’s 2018-19 highlight reel can be found here:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9BVKMfEMSE
 
COBB’S SEISMIC IMPACT
 
One transfer who has made an immediate impact in the NEC this season is Wagner grad student Curtis Cobb (Fall River, MA/Wilbraham & Monsoon Academy (Fairfield, UMass).

Cobb, who has had stops at Fairfield and UMass, dropped an NEC single-game season-high 40 points in his third game in a Green & White uniform and is currently leading the NEC with 21.6 ppg, 4.0 three-pointers per contest and a 94.7 success rate from the line. The Fall River, MA native is ranked in the top-20 nationally in all three categories.
 
Last week, he led all scorers with 25 points in Wagner’s 81-77 overtime road victory over Saint Peter’s on Wednesday. He closed out the game by making ten straight free throws of the final 43 seconds of overtime.
 
LEFTWICH’S DAZZLES BIG BLUE NATION
 
Some dunks are more memorable than others.
 
When you throw one down against one of the all-time great programs in one of the meccas of college basketball, it’s something you can carry with you forever.
 
Mount St. Mary’s junior guard Brandon Leftwich (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian) had one of those moments in Friday’s game at #9 Kentucky.
 
The former walk-on, who has since earned a scholarship, took off on a one-man fast break and finished by soaring high to posterize UK star freshman Tyrese Maxey.
 
“Coach [Matt Miller] and the staff said I would play in spurts,” Leftwich said. “So I gave it my all and went as fast as I can. On the dunk, I saw it was me and Tyrese [Maxey], and I tried to get to the rim before he could. Once I had the lane, I went up strong and threw it down. Being in Rupp, it was a great experience.”
 
Leftwich finished the game with a career-high 10 points.
 
PERFORMANCES OF NOTE
 
Merrimack senior guard Jaleel Lord (Jersey City, NJ/St. Anthony) came up big for the Warriors in a 62-58 win at Hartford on Sunday, recording a game-high 18 points on 7-14 shooting. He added six rebounds and a pair of assists, including the helper on Devin Jensen’s go-ahead three-pointer with 17 seconds to play as Merrimack collected its third road win of the season. He produced 14.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg and shot 48.5 percent from the field in a 2-1 week.
 
St. Francis Brooklyn junior forward Yaradyah Evans (Brooklyn, NY/South Shore) recorded his first-career double-double with 17 points on 6-9 shooting to go along with a game-high 13 rebounds in 20 minutes of play vs. Medgar Evers on Thursday. The 13 rebounds were the most by a Terrier this season. Evans ranks second on the Terriers with 6.0 rpg.        
 
St. Francis Brooklyn freshman guard Trey Quartlebaum (Lawrence, KS/Lawrence) exploded for a career-high 20 points, and added four assists and a pair of steals in a win over Medgar Evers on Thursday. He hit 7-13 from the floor and drained 4-8 from beyond the arc.
 
Saint Francis U sophomore forward Myles Thompson (Camden, NJ/Camden) dropped a career-high 23 points on 9-12 shooting at Florida State on Saturday. He hit 4-5 from three-point territory.
 
NEC in NCAA STATS (Top-25)
 
Name                            School              Category       Rank         Value
Patrick Harding                 BRY                 Reb.           3rd          12.7
Patrick Harding                 BRY                 Off. Reb.      19th         4.0
Patrick Harding                 BRY                 Def. Reb.      7th          8.71
Ty Flowers                      LIU                 Reb.           9th          11.8
Ty Flowers                      LIU                 Def. Reb.      1st          10.0
Ty Flowers                      LIU                 Dub-Dub.       5th          4
Cameron Parker                  SHU                 Assists        13th         6.9
Curtis Cobb                     WC                  PPG            19th         21.6
Curtis Cobb                     WC                  FT%            17th         .947
Curtis Cobb                     WC                  3PFG           7th          4.0
 
Team                            Category            Rank           Value
Bryant                          Rebounding          8th            44.86
Bryant                          Off. Reb.           20th           14.0
Bryant                          Def. Reb.           23rd           30.86
Sacred Heart                    FT%                 9th            .804