Vermont, Hartford Stay Hot, Earn Week #10 MBB #AEHoops Honors
BOSTON – The second week of men's basketball conference play saw Vermont, Hartford, Albany and New Hampshire all go unbeaten:
- Vermont (13-5) extended its win streak to six games overall with victories over Dartmouth and Stony Brook and is off to a 3-0 start in conference play. The Catamounts extended their league-record conference win streak to 24 games, the longest-active win streak in the country.
- Hartford (10-8) is 3-1 in conference play and has won five of its last six overall after going 2-0 last week. That included a win over Binghamton during which the Hawks hit a program and league-tying record 18 three-pointers and Travis Weatherington matched the program mark with 10 treys.
- Albany (14-5) recovered from an 0-2 conference start with convincing wins vs. Stony Brook and at Maine. The two wins were by an average of 15.5 points.
- New Hampshire (6-11) beat Binghamton to improve to 2-1 in league play and win for the third time in four games.
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Here are the 2017-18 week #10 award winners:
Co-Player of the Week
Travis Weatherington, Hartford – Jr., Guard, Palm Beach, Fla.
- Scored a career-high 34 points on 12-of-14 shooting in Hartford’s win over Binghamton Saturday.
- Tied Hartford’s program record with 10 made three-pointers and shot 10-of-11 from deep.
- The 10 threes are tied for the third most ever in an America East game.
- Averaged 18.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for Hartford.
- This is Weatherington’s first career Player of the Week honor.
Co-Player of the Week
Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont – Sr., Guard, Toronto, Ont.
- Averaged 23.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for Vermont.
- Shot 80 percent (16-of-20) from the field.
- Scored 27 points on perfect 10-for-10 shooting in a win over Dartmouth Wednesday.
- Had 20 points and six rebounds in a win over Stony Brook Saturday.
- This is Bell-Haynes first Player of the Week honor of the season and second of his career (11/23/15).
Rookie of the Week
Daniel Akin, UMBC – Fr., Forward, Elkin, England
- Averaged 6.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in a pair of UMBC games last week.
- Registered career highs of 11 points on perfect 3-for-3 shooting and seven rebounds in 23 minutes of action to key the Retrievers’ comeback win at Maine Wednesday.
- This is Akin’s first career Rookie of the Week honor.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 13 – Player of the Week: Greig Stire, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Obadiah Noel, UMass Lowell
Nov. 20 – Player of the Week: Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Elijah Jordan, New Hampshire
Nov. 27 – Co-Players of the Week: Joe Cremo, Albany & Jahad Thomas, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook
Dec. 4 – Player of the Week: Thomas Bruce, Binghamton; Rookie of the Week: Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook
Dec. 11 – Player of the Week: Joe Cremo, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Tyler Stewart, Binghamton
Dec. 18– Player of the Week: Jairus Lyles, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Stef Smith, Vermont
Dec. 26– Player of the Week: Jaron Cornish, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Obadiah Noel, UMass Lowell
Jan. 2 – Player of the Week: Tanner Leissner, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Josh Hopkins, New Hampshire
Jan. 8 – Co-Player of the Week: Aaron Calixte, Maine & Ernie Duncan, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Josh Hopkins, New Hampshire
Jan. 15 – Co-Player of the Week: Travis Weatherington, Hartford & Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Daniel Akin, UMBC
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