CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
-- By leading their team to a win in its lone game last week, Stony
Brook University's Dave Coley and Jameel Warney are the America East
men's basketball weekly award winners for the week ending Dec. 16.
Coley
picked up Player of the Week accolades by spearheading a game-deciding
run and Warney nearly compiled a double-double en route to earning
Rookie of the Week honors. The winners were announced Monday afternoon.
Coley
(Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 19 points on 5-of-9 shooting and added eight
rebounds and two steals in a decisive win over St. Francis Brooklyn
Tuesday to earn his first-ever America East Player of the Week honor.
The junior guard had 13 points in the opening frame, all of them coming
during the Seawolves' 24-7 run that ended the first half and turned a
one-point deficit into a 16-point advantage. For the season, Coley is
averaging 12.2 points per game, good for 12th among league leaders.
Warney
(Plainfield, N.J.) scored 13 points and added nine rebounds, two steals
and a block in the 77-61 win over the Terriers to claim his third
Rookie of the Week award already this season. The freshman forward, who
has had four games of 10 plus-point and at least seven boards, made
6-of-8 shot he attempted. Warney currently leads the conference in field
goal percentage (.615), is fourth in rebounding (7.9 rpg) and is 16th
in scoring (11.3 ppg).
America East Notes... in 140 Characters or Less - #AEHOOPS
America
East’s conference RPI of 22 (Collegiate Basketball News Dec. 17 Report)
is 10 spots higher than at this time a year ago ... America East’s 43
wins through 94 games are 15 more than through as many games last
season. ... Albany has the league’s highest RPI (60) with Stony Brook
next (69) ... Five of America East's nine schools have better RPIs this
season at the same point last season ... Albany beat South Carolina
State in its lone game last week to extend its win streak to six games
... It's the Great Danes' longest win streak since the 2006-07 season
... The Great Danes' 8-2 start is their best 10-game record as a
Division I program ... Jacob Iati has hit 41 three-pointers this season,
which is tied for the most in the country ... Stony Brook, which is in
the midst of a 10-day layoff, is 6-2 for just the second time in the
program's Division I history ... Stony Brook beat St. Francis Brooklyn
Tuesday to improve to 7-2, its best seven-game start at the Division I
level ... Stony Brook leads the league in scoring (70.2 ppg), scoring
defense (59.8 papg) and rebound margin (+10.4) ... Hartford won at Rice
Friday for its fifth win in seven games ... Hartford’s 6-5 start is its
best through 11 games since the 2006-07 season. Its six non-league wins
are its most since the 07-08 campaign ... Mike Black hit a layup with
3.2 seconds left to lift Albany to a 63-62 win at reigning Pac-12
regular-season champion Washington on Nov. 13 ... The win was America
East’s 10th over a BCS-conference program since 2008 Vermont's Brian
Voelkel was named a Lou Henson preseason All-American prior to the
season ... Albany, Stony Brook and Vermont are receiving votes in the
College Insider Mid-Major Top-25 ... Albany and Vermont were selected
for ESPN’s BracketBusters Pool on Nov. 15 ... The conference office
announced on Nov. 29 that Albany's SEFCU Arena will host the 2014
America East Basketball Championship ... America East ranked third out
of 31 conferences in the NCAA’s latest APR and GSR rankings in men’s
basketball.
America East Notes... in 140 Characters or Less - #AEHOOPS
America
East’s conference RPI of 22 (Collegiate Basketball News Dec. 17 Report)
is 10 spots higher than at this time a year ago ... America East’s 43
wins through 94 games are 15 more than through as many games last
season. ... Albany has the league’s highest RPI (60) with Stony Brook
next (69) ... Five of America East's nine schools have better RPIs this
season at the same point last season ... Albany beat South Carolina
State in its lone game last week to extend its win streak to six games
... It's the Great Danes' longest win streak since the 2006-07 season
... The Great Danes' 8-2 start is their best 10-game record as a
Division I program ... Jacob Iati has hit 41 three-pointers this season,
which is tied for the most in the country ... Stony Brook, which is in
the midst of a 10-day layoff, is 6-2 for just the second time in the
program's Division I history ... Stony Brook beat St. Francis Brooklyn
Tuesday to improve to 7-2, its best seven-game start at the Division I
level ... Stony Brook leads the league in scoring (70.2 ppg), scoring
defense (59.8 papg) and rebound margin (+10.4) ... Hartford won at Rice
Friday for its fifth win in seven games ... Hartford’s 6-5 start is its
best through 11 games since the 2006-07 season. Its six non-league wins
are its most since the 07-08 campaign ... Mike Black hit a layup with
3.2 seconds left to lift Albany to a 63-62 win at reigning Pac-12
regular-season champion Washington on Nov. 13 ... The win was America
East’s 10th over a BCS-conference program since 2008 Vermont's Brian
Voelkel was named a Lou Henson preseason All-American prior to the
season ... Albany, Stony Brook and Vermont are receiving votes in the
College Insider Mid-Major Top-25 ... Albany and Vermont were selected
for ESPN’s BracketBusters Pool on Nov. 15 ... The conference office
announced on Nov. 29 that Albany's SEFCU Arena will host the 2014
America East Basketball Championship ... America East ranked third out
of 31 conferences in the NCAA’s latest APR and GSR rankings in men’s
basketball.
2012-13 America East Men’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 12 – Player of the Week: Ryan Cook (UMBC); Rookie of the Week: Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
Nov. 19 – Player of the Week: Jacob Iati (Albany); Rookie of the Week: Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
Nov. 26 – Player of the Week: Mark Nwakamma (Hartford); Rookie of the Week: Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
Dec. 3 – Player of the Week: Justin Edwards (Maine); Rookie of the Week: Maurice Watson, Jr. (Boston U.)
Dec. 10 – Player of the Week: Mike Black (Albany); Rookie of the Week: Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
Dec. 17 - Player of the Week: Dave Coley (Stony Brook); Rookie of the Week: Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)