NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Grant Singleton, FDU
5’9”, 163 lbs.
Gr., G, Sumter, SC/Lakewood (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Singleton claimed his second NEC Player of the Week honor after helping lead the Knights to a road sweep that kept FDU’s perfect conference record intact. He averaged 19.0 points on an efficient 63.2 percent clip from the floor. Singleton hit 7-13 (.538) from three-point range and was a perfect 7-7 from the line, while adding 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals per outing. He rang up 20 points at CCSU and 18 more at Stonehill, where he sank 4-7 from distance. The grad student from Sumter, SC is seventh in the NEC in scoring (14.8), assists (3.2) and field goal percentage (.457), third in both steals (2.1) and made 3P (2.5), fifth in 3P percentage (.398) and second in A/TO ratio (2.0).
Tedrick Wilcox Jr., St. Francis Brooklyn
6’6”, 188 lbs.
Sr., G, Pawtucket, RI/William E. Tolman (Dominican)
Wilcox Jr. came through when it counted most in a 3-0 week for the Terriers, highlighted by the team’s first two NEC wins of the 2022-23 campaign. The senior from Pawtucket, RI averaged 21.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals, while shooting 55.8 percent from the floor and a scorching 61.1 percent from distance, where he hit 11-18 triples. Wilcox Jr. sealed an 82-79 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday with a pair of late dunks and went on to drain a dagger three-pointer to finish off a 73-66 triumph at neighborhood rival LIU on Monday. He also matched his career-high with 27 points and hit 6-8 trifectas in a win over Hartford last Tuesday. Wilcox raised his scoring average to 10.5 ppg and boosted his three-point shooting to 37.2 percent on the year.
NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Landon Moore, Saint Francis U
6’3”, 200 lbs.
Fr., G, Bloomington, IL/Western Reserve Academy
Moore continues to stamp his name in the NEC recordbook, winning his fifth straight NEC Rookie of the Week honor and seventh of the year. He is now one of just six players in league history to earn the award seven times. Moore caught fire in an 87-68 victory over LIU on Thursday, sinking 4-5 from deep and 9-13 overall in a game-high 22-point effort. He added three assists and a pair of steals. Moore is the NEC freshman leader in scoring (13.5), free throw percentage (.831), made three-pointers (1.8), three-point accuracy (.375) and A/TO ratio (1.97), and ranks second in assists (3.7). Overall, he ranks in the NEC top-10 in seven different statistical categories.
NEC PRIME PERFORMERS
Nigel Scantlebury (CCSU, Sr, G)
Scantlebury dropped a season-high 23 points and hit 4-5 from three-point range in a setback to FDU on Saturday. The senior made 7-11 shots, and also recorded three rebounds, five assists and three steals. Scantlebury averages 10.3 ppg, and ranks in the NEC top-five in assists (3.8, second), FT percentage (.860, second), A/TO ratio (1.92, fourth) and steals (1.8, fifth).
Demetre Roberts (FDU, Gr, G)
Roberts recorded 19.5 ppg, 4.5 apg, 1.0 spg and shot 17-20 (.850) from the stripe in a 2-0 week that pushed the Knights to 5-0 in league play. He tallied 18 points, four rebounds and six assists in an 88-80 win at CCSU, then scored a game-high 21 points in a 62-57 victory at Stonehill. He is the NEC assist leader with 4.1 per game, and also sits third in scoring (17.0), sixth in free throw shooting (.780) and seventh in made 3P (1.9/game).
Grant Singleton (FDU, Gr, G)
It was another outstanding week for Singleton, who averaged 19.0 ppg on an efficient 63.2 percent clip from the floor in FDU’s road sweep. He hit 7-13 (.538) from 3P land and was a perfect 7-7 from the line, while adding 5.5 rpg, 2.0 apg and 1.0 spg. Singleton rang up 20 points at CCSU and 18 more at Stonehill, where he sank 4-7 from distance. He is seventh in the NEC in scoring (14.8), assists (3.2) and field goal percentage (.457), third in both steals (2.1) and made 3P (2.5), fifth in 3P percentage (.398) and second in A/TO ratio (2.0).
Marko Maletic (LIU, So, G)
Maletic stayed hot for the Sharks, netting 17.0 ppg on 50.0 percent shooting. He splashed 6-13 shots from outside the arc, a 46.2 percent success rate. Maletic paced LIU with 20 points and hit 5-10 3P shots at Saint Francis U on Saturday. Maletic remained the second-leading point producer on the circuit (17.7) and tops the conference by a wide margin with 3.33 three-pointers per contest, a figure that ranks 14th nationally. He’s also fourth in 3P accuracy (.400).
Jordan Minor (MC, Sr, F)
Minor once again averaged a double-double with 16.5 ppg and 11.5 rpg in a 1-1 week. He also added 2.0 spg and 1.0 bpg. The senior finished with 18 points and a season-high 14 rebounds in Saturday’s 59-47 win at Stonehill. Minor’s seven double-doubles lead the NEC, and he’s averaging 17.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg and 2.5 bpg on the season.
Larry Moreno (SFBK, Sr, G)
Moreno comes off an efficient week that saw him shoot 50.0 percent from the floor, 70.0 percent from three (7-10) and 80.0 percent from the stripe in three wins for the Terriers. He averaged 13.7 ppg, 5.0 apg and 1.3 spg, while posting a 7.5 assist-to-turnover ratio. He scored a season-high 24 points and sank 5-6 shots from long distance in Saturday’s win over SHU. Moreno is third in the NEC in 3P percentage (.412), fourth in FT accuracy (.804) and 10th in FG percentage (.450) while contributing 11.0 ppg on the year.
Tedrick Wilcox Jr. (SFBK, Sr, G)
Wilcox Jr. came through in the clutch for the Terriers in a pair of league wins for the Terriers, who went 3-0 on the week. He sealed an 82-79 win over SHU with a pair of late dunks and then drained a dagger three-pointer to finish off a 73-66 triumph at LIU. On the week, he averaged 21.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 2.0 spg, while shooting 55.8 percent from the floor and 11-18 (.611) on triples. Wilcox contributes 10.5 ppg and has upped his three-point percentage to .372 on the year.
Josh Cohen (SFU, R-Jr, F)
Cohen was his usual productive self with 18.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 1.0 spg, while shooting 52.0 percent from the floor in a split. He led all scorers with 23 points (8-14 FG) and snared nine boards in a three-point setback at Sacred Heart on Monday. Cohen ranks first in the NEC and ninth nationally in scoring (21.5). He’s also the NEC’s top ranked field goal shooter (.607), and is second in rebounding (8.2) and fourth in double-doubles (three).
Landon Moore (SFU, Fr, G)
Moore caught fire in an 87-68 victory over LIU on Thursday, sinking 4-5 from deep and 9-13 overall in a game-high 22-point effort. He added three assists and a pair of steals. Moore is the NEC freshman leader in scoring (13.5), free throw percentage (.831), made three-pointers (1.8), three-point accuracy (.375) and A/TO ratio (1.97), and ranks second in assists (3.7).
Max Zegarowski (STO, Gr, F)
Zegarowski led the Skyhawks with 14.0 ppg on 60.0 percent shooting from the floor and a 50.0 percent success rate from three-point territory, where he made 6-12 over two games. He added 6.0 rpg. Zegarowski scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed 10 boards against Merrimack for his first double-double in a Stonehill uniform on Saturday. Zegarowski is up to 11th in the conference in scoring (12.4), and he ranks second in both 3P percentage (.436) and made 3P (2.6/game).
Brandon Brown (WC, Sr, G)
Brown scored nine straight points down the stretch - highlighted by a pair of buckets in the paint that he was fouled on - to ice Wagner’s 62-57 win at Merrimack that snapped a three-game losing streak. He contributed 17 points, nine rebounds, three steals and was 5-8 from the field. Brown ranks first in the NEC with 8.9 rpg, and he also sits second in double-doubles (five) and fourth in steals (2.0) while averaging 9.9 ppg.
Delonnie Hunt (WC, Jr, G)
Hunt scored a game-high 19 points to go along with three rebounds, three assists, three steals and a memorable baseline jam in the first half of a 62-57 win at Merrimack on Monday. The junior is Wagner’s leading point producer at 12.1 ppg. Hunt is the NEC leader in A/TO ratio (2.5), and is sixth in assists (3.3), seventh in steals (1.6) and 10th in free throw accuracy (.750).
TOP STORYLINES FROM #NECMBB WEEK 10
Here’s all you need to know from the tenh week of the 2022-23 season...
STILL PERFECT
And then there was one.
Earning a hard-fought New England road sweep, FDU emerged from the fray as last remaining unbeaten NEC squad with a 5-0 record after three weeks of action.
The Knights outscored CCSU, 88-80, on Saturday, then pulled away late to pick up a 65-57 win at Stonehill two days later.
Picked sixth in the preseason poll, the Knights have now matched the second-best start in program history. FDU raced out to a 6-0 record in 1996-97 before finishing 13-5 on the season. In 1985-86, the Knights won their first five conference games on its way to capturing the regular season title with a 13-3 mark.
FDU was sparked by its outstanding guard tandem of NEC Player of the Week Grant Singleton (Sumter, SC/Lakewood (St. Thomas Aquinas)) and Demetre Roberts’ (Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon (St. Thomas Aquinas)). The duo combined to average 38.5 ppg in the two victories.
Singleton led the Knights with 20 points at CCSU, and Roberts scored 18 of his game-high 21 points in the second half - including 15 in the final nine minutes - at Stonehill.
TOBIN’S OPEN
With a 5-0 NEC record to begin his FDU coaching tenure, Tobin Anderson is now off to the best five game start of any first-year head coach in conference history.
There were three previous first-year head coaches who began their NEC coaching careers with 4-1 marks: Merrimack’s Joe Gallo in 2019-20, Wagner’s Dan Hurley in 2010-11 and Marist’s Dave Magarity in 1986-87.
Gallo and the Warriors would extend to a 10-1 start as a prelude to capturing the NEC regular season crown with a 14-4 record.
Hurley started 4-1, but Wagner slid down the stretch and finished 9-9 on the year.
Marist opened the 1986-87 season splitting its first two games, before reeling off 15 straight wins and finish with a 16-1 slate. The Red Foxes won the regular season and claimed their second straight NEC Tournament crown.
RIDING THE WAVE
With both the FDU men’s and women’s teams undefeated in NEC play, it puts them \ in elite company nationally.
FDU is currently one of five schools nationwide that remain perfect on both the men’s and women’s side in league action.
Schools with Unbeaten MBB & WBB Teams In Conference Play
FDU (4-0 MBB, 4-0 WBB)
Gonzaga (5-0 MBB, 7-0 WBB)
Morgan State (3-0 MBB, 2-0 WBB)
Samford (6-0 MBB, 4-0 WBB)
TERRIERS DELIVER FIRST BITE IN BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN
While the actual Battle of Brooklyn takes place at the ARC on January 28, the opening salvo in the NEC’s fiercest rivalry was fired on Monday at the Steinberg Wellness Center.
Hitting all the right notes down the stretch, St. Francis Brooklyn finished off a 3-0 week with a 73-66 road win at LIU.
The Terriers ended the game on an 8-0 run with the key buckets coming on a Zion Bethea (South Orange, NJ/Immaculate Conception (Hofstra)) go-ahead putback with 2:03 remaining and a Tedrick Wilcox Jr. (Pawtucket, RI/William E. Tolman (Dominican)) three-pointer on the next possession at the 1:19 mark.
Wilcox Jr. registered 17 points and six boards to lead the Terriers, who received a strong effort off the bench from junior guard Roy Clarke (Brooklyn, NY/John C. Fremont (West Los Angeles)). Clark matched his career-high with 13 points and set a new career-best with five dimes.
In the postgame interview on ESPN3 and SNY, Wilcox was happy to talk about his mindset on taking - and making - the big three-pointer late.
“I’m gonna be honest with you. The last couple of minutes of the game, I was waiting for the ball. I wanted to put the dagger in ‘em. Honestly, I’ve been thinking about moments like that all the time, so the fact that I finally got one, it felt so good.”
The win snapped LIU’s three-game win streak in the series.
UP NEXT ON NEC-TV
We are now just eight days out from the NEC’s national TV opener on CBS Sports Network that features a battle of New York City rivals.
The Spiro Sports Center will be the site on Thursday, January 26 when St. Francis Brooklyn crosses the Verrazano to take on Wagner. Tipoff is 5:00 pm with Dave Popkin (PxP), Joe DeSantis (analyst) and Paul Dottino (sideline) on the call.
The 13-game men’s TV package includes four linear telecasts on CBSSN and one on ESPNU. Five regular season games will be broadcast on ESPN3/ESPN+.
The NEC semifinals are set to be carried on SNY and ESPN3 on March 4, and the final on ESPN or ESPN2 on March 7.
AIR AMOS & NEC DUNK LEADERS
Following a slew of highlight reel jams this past week, it got us thinking about the NEC’s top dunkers this season.
Not surprisingly, CCSU junior swingman and NEC9 regular Kellen Amos (Houston, TX/St. John XXIII College Prep (Binghamton)) is the conference leader with 26 jams on the year.
Of his 26 dunks, 13 have come on alley-oops, with 11 of those on lobs from senior guard Nigel Scantlebury (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena (Niagara County CC)).
NEC Dunk Leaders (2022-23)
1. Kellen Amos (CCSU) 26
2. Jordan Minor (MC) 13
3. Bryce Johnson (SHU) 12
4. Abdul Momoh (CCSU) 7
Cheikh Ndiaye (LIU) 7
5. C.J. Delancy (LIU) 6
Jacob Johnson (LIU) 6
7. Raymond Espinal-Guzman (SHU) 5
Tre Breland (CCSU) 5
9. Jordan Derkack (MC) 4
Jo’el Emanuel (FDU) 4
Maxwell Land (SFU) 4
Ziggy Reid (MC) 4
Tedrick Wilcox Jr. (SFBK) 4
MERRIMACK’S AIR TIGHT D
Merrimack has had NEC teams on complete lockdown over the first three weeks of conference play.
With it’s swarming, morphing zone “making chaos” all over the court, the Warriors have held five-of-six opponents to 62 or fewer points and lead the league in a slew of defensive categories.
Merrimack Ranks 1st in the NEC in... (conference games only)
Defensive Efficiency 90.1
Scoring Defense 56.7/game
FG% Defense .390
3PFG% Defense .257
Steals 10.2/game
Turnover Margin +3.50
Turnovers Forced 16.3/game
Turnover % 26.0
Steal % 16.2
On a national basis, Merrimack ranks 137th on the season in adjusted defensive efficiency.
And when it comes to inducing turnovers...
WARRIOR GRAND THEFT
Merrimack’s defensive analytics are off the charts when it comes to dispossessing the opposition of the ball.
The Warriors have few peers nationally in the following categories, highlighted by the nation’s second-best steal percentage.
Steal % 2nd nationally 15.5
Steals 4th 10.4/game
Turnover % 3rd 26.1
Turnovers Forced 18th 17.3/game
Individually, Merrimack freshman guard Javon Bennett (Orlando, FL/Trinity Prep) is tied for the NEC lead and ranks sixth in the country with 2.7 steals per game. That figure ranks him first in DI among freshman.
The Warriors also feature three of the top-four rated NEC performers in steal percentage. Bennett is first in the league and third nationally at 6.25 percent. Sophomore guard Devon Savage (Washington, D.C./Riverdale Baptist (James Madison)) ranks third in the conference (4.94) and freshman guard Jordan Derkack (Colonia, NJ/Colonia (Spire Academy)) is fourth (4.28).
GRAND DAY FOR SIMS
Playing in front of contingent of fans waiting for the big moment, Stonehill senior forward Andrew Sims (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) obliged on Monday, scoring his 1,000th point in the Skyahwks’ game against FDU.
He became the 43rd player in school history to reach the career milestone.
Sims enters play this week with exactly 1,000 points.
LIFE OF REILLY
Sacred Heart senior guard Joey Reilly (Cromwell, CT/East Catholic (Holy Cross)) has been a model of offensive efficiency thus far for the Pioneers.
The Cromwell, CT native currently sports a 46/39/84 slash line and sits among the top-five in the NEC in a host of shooting categories.
Reilly in the NEC Rankings
FG% 6th .461
2PFG% 3rd .565 .
3PFG% 8th .387
Effective FG% 2nd .586
True Shooting% 2nd .612
Reilly, who averages 10.7 ppg, has scored in double digits in all five NEC games, including 13.5 ppg last week, and has shot at least 50 percent from the floor in six of the eight contests.
SFU STREAK SUMMARY
By virtue of Monday’s 54-51 setback at Sacred Heart, Saint Francis U’s four-game winning streak and hopes for a 5-0 start to league play came to an end.
The 4-0 start was the best for the program since the 1990-91 team began the year 6-0 and went on to win the NEC title.
The four-game win streak was also the longest for the Red Flash since the 2019-20 team reeled off eight in a row.
The 4-1 open matches the second-best start in program history for the sixth time, joining the 1986-87, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2014-15 and 2017-18 teams.
SFU’s MOORE APPROACHING NEC RECORD
In winning five straight NEC Rookie of the Week honors, Saint Francis U freshman guard Landon Moore (Bloomington, IL/Western Reserve Academy) is one shy of matching Monmouth’s Alex Blackwell for the league record. Blackwell won the award six straight weeks during the 1989-90 season.
STAT OF THE WEEK
When it comes to drawing fouls this season, Merrimack senior forward Jordan Minor (Kingston, MA/Brimmer and May) has no peer.
Minor is currently drawing 7.4 fouls per 40 minutes, which ranks ninth nationally and leads the conference by a comfortable margin over Saint Francis U redshirt junior forward Josh Cohen (Lincroft, NJ/CBA) (6.8).
If Minor were to maintain his prolific rate for the entire season, it would be the best by a conference player since LIU’s Jamal Olasewere drew 7.9 per 40 minutes during his NEC Player of the Year season in 2012-13.
HARRIS’ REBOUNDING HAUL
Digging deeper into the numbers, St. Francis Brooklyn junior forward Josiah Harris (Wilmington, DE/William Penn (Hutchinson CC & Cowley College)) has been an even bigger terror on the boards than his raw rebounding numbers would indicate.
Harris is currently the NEC’s fourth-ranked rebounder with 8.4 per game.
When factoring in actual court time, Harris ranks first on the circuit with 13.6 rebounds per 40-minutes player. The Wilmington, DE product is playing 23.5 minutes per outing.
Harris is also the top-rated NEC performer in both offensive (13.1) and defensive (28.1) rebounding percentage. His defensive rebounding percentage is good for 16th in the nation.
MILESTONE ALERT
On Saturday, Saint Francis U junior guard Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, OH/Archbishop Moeller) became the 26th player in program history to reach 100 made three-pointers in his career. He enters this week with 102 triples to his credit.
THREES FOR MACS
Saint Francis U is 6-1 this season when it makes at least eight baskets from behind the arc, which incidentally is also the total needed to trigger a free Big Mac giveaway at DeGol Arena.
HOME TEAM BLUES
In a nod to the league’s parity, home teams are just 12-12 in conference play this season, which ranks the NEC 28th out of 31 conferences for lowest home winning percentage.
KEEP ‘EM CLOSE
Of the 24 conference games thus far, there has been just a single blowout (games decided by 20+ points). The 4.2 blowout percentage is the second-lowest in the country among the 31 DI conferences.
NEC ANALYTICS ZONE WITH RYAN PETERS
Each week throughout the 2022-23 season, NEC Overtime! blogger and NEC on the Run podcast collaborator Ryan Peters (@pioneer_pride) will contribute a series of analytically based tidbits covering NEC hoops.
St. Francis Brooklyn’s Larry Moreno (Brooklyn, NY/ Brooklyn High School For Law & Technology) is quietly putting together an extremely productive season, as he’s currently producing career highs in KenPom offensive rating (121.0), assist rate (22.7 percent) and true shooting percentage (61.0 percent). Last Saturday versus Sacred Heart was his best effort yet, as the senior guard collected a career best 24 points fueled by shooting 5-of-6 from deep. For the season, Moreno is experiencing what you could call a “reverse split” from behind the arc. Per Synergy, he’s shooting 32.6 percent on catch and shoot 3s and 58.8 percent on 3s off the dribble.
To no one’s surprise, the most proficient team in tempo this season has been FDU as they are registering 1.10 points per possession in transition as noted in Synergy. Perhaps wisely, the Knights are third in the conference in average possessions per game on fast break opportunities (13.6 possessions), illustrating a penchant to run and press opponents when the time presents itself. In the times FDU has pressured in the backcourt, the Knights have forced a turnover on a league high 26 percent of the opposing team’s possessions.
Trailing by five late at Merrimack, things weren’t looking good for Donald Copeland’s Seahawks on Monday as Wagner was in danger of falling to 1-4 on the conference season. The Seahawks defense stepped up in a critical time however and held Merrimack scoreless on six consecutive possessions to spark a 12-2 run and give Wagner a 58-54 advantage inside the final minute. Over the course of the run, Wagner scored seven points off of three Merrimack turnovers, all of which were steals. For league play, Wagner has the second best turnover rate by extracting a takeaway on nearly 24 percent of their opponent’s possessions.
Even though he’s only played 37 percent of Sacred Heart’s total minutes this season, Brendan McGuire (Garden City, NY/Chaminade (Quinnipiac)) leads the Pioneers with a 34.7 percent assist rate and 51 helpers. If he qualified based on minutes, he’d currently pace the NEC in assists per game (5.1 apg) and assist rate as well. Per Hoop Math, McGuire has done well to spread his assists around with 45 percent of his total assists at the rim, 16 percent leading to a 2-point jumper and 39 percent generating a made 3-ball.
QUOTABLE
“I really think our non-conference schedule really prepared us for where we are at right now. Coach Krimmel’s word for the new year was focus. When we got back the day after Christmas, we all just decided to buy in and accept our roles. Focus is a really big part of us winning these games. I think focus was a great word and I think we are embracing it and you’re seeing the results out on the floor.” - Saint Francis U redshirt junior guard Brad McCabe (Manasquan, NJ/Manasquan)
NEC NUMBERS
CCSU sophomore forward Andre Snoddy (Melville, NY/St. Anthony’s (St. Thomas More (CT)) finished with ten points, eight rebounds and a season-high four assists against FDU on Saturday. He has grabbed at least seven boards in six straight games.
FDU graduate student guard Grant Singleton (Sumter, SC/Lakewood (St. Thomas Aquinas)) did not turn the ball over in 63 minutes of play last week.
LIU sophomore guard Andre Washington (Staten Island, NY/Williston North Hampton) comes off a strong week that saw him put up 13.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 5.0 apg and 1.5 spg. He has reached double-digits in four straight games.
Merrimack freshman guard Jordan Derkack (Colonia, NJ/Colonia (Spire Academy)) averaged 11.0 ppg on an efficient 70.0 percent shooting from the field last week. He added 4.0 rpg, 3.5 spg and 1.5 spg. Derkack dished for a career-high six assists in Saturday’s win over Stonehill.
Standing just 6’0”, Sacred Heart’s Mike Sixsmith (Hicksville, NY/Holy Trinity) is pulling down a respectable 4.1 rebounds per game, but his splits are eye-opening. The junior guard has pulled down 67 defensive boards but just six off the offensive glass.
St. Francis Brooklyn redshirt freshman guard Zion Bethea (South Orange, NJ/Immaculate Conception (Hofstra)) was productive off the bench for the Terriers last week, finishing with 11.0 ppg on 52.2 percent shooting, while adding 3.0 rpg, 3.7 apg and 1.3 spg over three victories.
Saint Francis U junior guard Maxwell Land (Cincinnati, OH/Archbishop Moeller) recorded the second-highest scoring output of his career - and highest in an NEC contest - with 21 points in Saturday’s win vs. LIU. He drilled 5-9 from three-point land, snared eight caroms and had three assists. For the week, he averaged 15.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg.
Saint Francis U junior guard Ronell Giles, Jr. (Brandywine, MD/Charles H. Flowers) played a season-high in minutes for the second straight game with 34 against Sacred Heart on Monday. He finished with a season-high 14 points and tied a career-best with seven rebounds. It was also the sixth time in his career he has recorded three steals in a game. The 14 points were the most since he tallied 18 against Wagner on December 29, 2021.
Stonehill senior guard Isaiah Burnett (Annapolis, MD/Glenelg Country Day (Navy)) posted his third 20-point game of the season against FDU on Monday. The NEC steals leader with 2.7 per contest (he also ranks sixth in DI) also extended his streak with at least one steal to 26 straight games dating back to last year.
Wagner junior guard Delonnie Hunt (Upper Marlboro, MD/Rock Creek Christian) has turned the ball over just 21 times in 501 minutes this season. He is the runaway conference leader in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.48).
MORE ON MOORE
Only six players in the history of the conference have won seven NEC Rookie of the Week awards in a season.
Not only is Saint Francis U freshman guard Landon Moore (Bloomington, IL/Western Reserve Academy) already a seven-time winner, he accomplished it within the first ten weeks of his young career.
Now one honor away from matching the NEC record of eight, Moore joined Saint Francis U’s Darshan Luckey (eight) and Keith Braxton (seven) as the lone Red Flash student-athletes with more than four NEC Rookie of the Week accolades to their credit.
Here is the list of the all-time NEC Rookie of the Week leaders (minimum of five).
8x Winners
Alex Blackwell (MU, 1989-90)
Charles Smith (RID, 1993-94)
Darshan Luckey (SFU, 2002-03)
Kyle Vinales (CCSU, 2011-12)
7x Winners
Keith Braxton (SFU, 2016-17)
Landon Moore (SFU, 2022-23)
6x Winners
Julian Boyd (LIU, 2008-09)
Alex Francis (BRY, 2010-11)
Latif Rivers (WC, 2010-11)
Marcquise Reed (RMU, 2014-15)
Vado Morse (MSM, 2018-19)
Andre Snoddy (CCSU, 2021-22)
5x Winners
Desi Wilson (FDU, 1988-89)
Peter Mulligan (UMBC, 2000-01)
Jeremy Chappell (RMU, 2005-06)
Shivaughn Wiggins (MSM, 2012-13)
Cane Broome (SHU, 2014-15)
Quincy McKnight (SHU, 2015-16)
Marcel Pettway (BRY, 2015-16)
NEC IN NATIONAL LEADERS (TOP-25)
Team Category Rank Value
FDU TO Margin 18th 4.4
MC Steals 4th 10.4
MC TO Forced 18th 17.25
WC Off. Reb. 19th 13.12
Individual Category Rank Value
Javon Bennett, MC Steals 6th 2.70
Isaiah Burnett, STO Steals 6th 2.70
Josh Cohen, SFU FG% 24th .607
Josh Cohen, SFU Scoring 9th 21.5
Marko Maletic, LIU 3P 14th 3.29