BOSTON - A three-game week that will take the league season through the three-quarter pole kicks off Monday with four games. Stony Brook will look to move to 11-0 in conference play against Hartford while Maine visits New Hampshire and UMass Lowell hosts Vermont. Albany tangles with Binghamton in Vestal on ESPN3.
UMBC's Jairus Lyles averaged over 30 points in two games to earn America East Player of the Week honors while UMass Lowell's Issac White took home Rookie of the Week presented by Under Armour accolades.
Read more about the weekly award winners and conference notes below:
Player of the Week
Jairus Lyles, UMBC - So., Guard, Silver Spring, Md.
- Averaged 30.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for UMBC.
- Scored 37 points, the most by a Retriever since 1992, on 14-of-19 shooting in a win at Maine Saturday.
- Had 24 points, four rebounds and four steals vs. Albany Wednesday.
- Shot 61 percent (23-for-38) for the week.
Rookie of the Week presented by Under Armour
Issac White, UMass Lowell - Fr., Guard, Ashland, Ohio
- Averaged 16.5 points and 2.5 assists in a 1-1 week for UMass Lowell.
- Had seven points, eight rebounds and four assists in a win at Hartford Wednesday.
- Hit a career-high six three-pointers and scored 20 points vs. Stony Brook Saturday.
- This is his second Rookie of the Week honor (Jan. 25).
Notes
- Stony Brook sits atop the league standings at 10-0. SBU is just the third team in 12 years to start league play 10-0 (Albany, 2014-15; Vermont, 2004-05).
- Stony Brook holds a league-best RPI of 62 (as of 2/8), the best rating for an America East team this late in the season since Vermont’s 2004-05 squad finished at #25.
- The Seawolves’ 15-game win streak is Division I program record and the longest in the nation.
- Stony Brook is ranked 17th in the latest College Insider Mid Major Poll and received a vote in the AP Top 25 Poll last week.
- Second-place Albany (8-2) has won 17 of its last 20 games and is a perfect 11-0 at home this season.
- New Hampshire, winner of five of its last six, sits in third place at 6-3.
- Jameel Warney is one of just two players in the country (New Mexico State’s Pascal Siakam) to lead his conference in scoring (18.3 ppg), rebounding (10.6 rpg) and blocks (3.0 bpg).
- UMBC's Jairus Lyles leads the league averaging 24.6 points per game in conference play.
- Lyles and Hartford's Pancake Thomas both scored 37 points in league games last week, equaling the most by an America East player since 2006.
- Warney moved into third place on the conference's all-time rebound list two weeks ago and currently has 1,161for his career.
- America East ranks 23rd out of 32 Division I conferences in RPI, according to the Feb. 8 College Basketball News RPI Report, a four-spot improvement from this time last year.
- Seven of America East’s nine teams have better RPIs than at this time last year.
- Scoring is up considerably in league play from a year ago with teams averaging 73.7 points per game, up 12.0 points from the midway point last year.
- America East teams combined for 55 regular-season non-conference wins, the most since the 2012-13 season and 11 more than a year ago.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 16 - Player of the Week: Iba Camara, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Ernie Duncan, Vermont
Nov. 23 - Player of the Week: Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Issac Vann, Maine
Nov. 30 - Co-Players of the Week: Willie Rodriguez, Binghamton & Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: George Blagojevic, Hartford
Dec. 7 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Devine Eke, Maine
Dec. 14 - Player of the Week: Will Darley, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Joe Sherburne, UMBC
Dec. 21 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Everson Davis, Binghamton
Dec. 28 - Player of the Week: Carson Puriefoy, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Joe Cremo, Albany
Jan. 4 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Joe Cremo, Albany
Jan. 11 - Player of the Week: Mike Rowley, Albany; Rookie of the Week: George Blagojevic, Hartford
Jan. 18 - Player of the Week: Ethan O'Day, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Devine Eke, Maine
Jan. 25 - Player of the Week: Tanner Leissner, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Issac White, UMass Lowell
Feb. 1 - Player of the Week: Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Issac Vann, Maine
Feb. 8 - Player of the Week: Jairus Lyles, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Issac White, UMass Lowell