BOSTON – Vermont and Stony Brook kept up their winning ways last week as they prepare to meet for the second time on Wednesday. The two teams sit atop the conference standings
#AEHoops Notes
- Vermont is off to a 5-0 start in #AEHoops play for the fifth time in the last six seasons and has won its five games by an average of 20.0 points per game.
- The Catamounts, winners of seven in a row and eight of their last nine, rank 70thh in the country, behind only Iona among regional peers.
- Stony Brook has won three in a row and five of its last six to start conference play 4-1.
- The Catamounts visit the Seawolves on Wednesday in a matchup of the top two teams in the league standings.
- Vermont matched the conference’s single-game record and set a new program standard by hitting 19 three-pointers in a 98-65 win over Stony Brook on Jan. 6.
- Stony Brook is the league’s top scoring team averaging 72.9 points per game while Vermont is the top defense holding teams to 61.9 points per contest.
- Binghamton is off to its best #AEHoops start in 13 seasons. The Bearcats last started 4-2 during the 2008-09 championship wining season.
- 10 conference games have been postponed to date. Every effort will be made to reschedule postponed games.
- Three teams (Vermont, UMass Lowell and Stony Brook) posted eight non-conference wins.
- UMass Lowell had its best-ever record entering conference play at 8-4, including wins at Dayton and George Washington.
- Vermont is 8-4 and finished non-league play with a .667 win percentage for the fourth time under John Becker.
- America East teams beat two ACC squads in non-league play. UMBC trounced Pittsburgh, 87-77, on Nov. 27 while UAlbany beat Boston College, 61-57, on Dec. 13.
- The Catamounts finished non-league play with a .667 win percentage for the fourth time under John Becker.
League Links
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The men’s #AEHoops preseason poll was announced on Oct. 21.
2021-22 Weekly Award Winners (Jan. 24)
Player of the Week
Anthony Roberts, Stony Brook – Jr., Forward, Detroit, Mich.
- Averaged 18.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in a 3-0 week for Stony Brook.
- Had his best game of the week vs. Binghamton, scoring a game-high 25 points in the win over Binghamton on Wednesday.
- This is Roberths’ first career #AEHoops Player of the Week honor.
Rookie of the Week
Kristians Feierbergs, Maine – Fr., Forward, Riga, Latvia
- Averaged a double-double of 12.0 points and 10.0 rebounds in two games last week.
- Scored a career-high 22 points and added 11 rebounds against UMass Lowell on Wednesday for first career double-double.
- This is Feierbergs first career #AEHoops Rookie of the Week honor.
- Feierbergs is the fourth different Black Bear to earn Rookie of the Week honors this year joining Sam Ihekwoaba Byron Ireland, and Novak Perovic. .
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 15 – Player of the Week: Ben Shungu, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Byron Ireland, Maine
Nov. 22 – Player of the Week: Ryan Davis, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Justin Neely, UAlbany
Nov. 29 – Player of the Week: Jayden Martinez, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Justin Neely, UAlbany
Dec. 6 – Player of the Week: Dylan O’Hearn, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Sam Ihekwoaba, Maine
Dec. 13 – Player of the Week: Jahlil Jenkins, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Justin Neely, UAlbany
Dec. 20 – Player of the Week: Jahlil Jenkins, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Novak Perovic, Maine
Dec. 27 – Player of the Week: Hunter Marks, Hartford; Rookie of the Week: Justin Neely, UAlbany
Jan. 3 - Player of the Week: Miles Coleman, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Sam Ihekwoaba, Maine
Jan. 10 – Co-Player of the Week: Miles Coleman, NJIT; Co-Player of the Week: Ben Shungu, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Ihekwoaba, Maine
Jan. 17 - Player of the Week: Finn Sullivan, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Sam Ihekwoaba, Maine
Jan. 24 - Player of the Week: Anthony Roberts, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Kristians Feierbergs, Maine
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