CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - UMass Lowell and Hartford each went unbeaten last week with the River Hawks winning three times on the road and Hawks picking up a pair of wins improve to 3-1, their best start in 18 seasons. Read about both of the conference weekly award winners and league notes:
Player of the Week
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook - Jr., Plainfield, N.J.
- Averaged 17.0 points along with league bests of 12.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in three games last week.
- Had double doubles in all three contests.
- The reigning America East Player of the Year scored 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds at Hofstra Friday.
- Scored 12 points and added 14 boards at SEC-member Georgia Tuesday.
- Finished the week with a 13-point, 10-rebound, 4-block effort vs. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Sunday.
- The Player of the Week honor is the third of Warney's career.
Rookie of the Week
Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell - R-Fr., Williamsport, Pa.
- Earned his second-straight Rookie of the Week honor by averaging 11.7 points and 7.7 rebounds in three games last week.
- Led UMass Lowell to three road wins, at NJIT, Sacred Heart and Atlantic 10 member-Fordham.
- Scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and added six boards in a win at Sacred Heart Thursday.
- Grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds to go with six points in a win at NJIT Saturday.
- Capped the week by scoring 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting in a win at Fordham Sunday.
Notes
- UMass Lowell posted three road wins in a four-day span (at Sacred Heart, NJIT and Fordham) to improve to 3-2 on the year.
- Hartford beat Dartmouth and Niagara last week and at 3-1 is off to its best start since the 1996-97 season.
- Vermont won two games last week, including an 84-76 victory at Siena Monday in which the Catamounts shot 68 percent from the floor.
- Stony Brook's Jameel Warney has had double-doubles in all four games he's played in this season and leads the league is scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (13.3 rpg).
- Warney is just 35 points shy of 1,000 for his career.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 17 - Player of the Week: Rayshaun McGrew, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell
Nov. 24 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell