BOSTON – Through a quarter of the 2022-23 #AEHoops season, UMBC and Binghamton sit atop the league standings at 3-1 after both teams swept action last week.
- UMBC beat Maine last week to improve to 3-1.
- The Retrievers have won three straight and nine of its last 11 overall.
- Binghamton has won three in a row after posting a pair of one-point wins last week.
- The Bearcats beat NJIT 72-71 in overtime on Wednesday before knocking off UMass Lowell 66-65 on Saturday.
- Bryant improved to 3-2 and averaged 86.5 points in its two wins over UAlbany and UNH.
- In all, six of America East's nine teams posted wins last week.
- Bryant’s Sherif Gross-Bullock leads the league in scoring averaging 16.9 points per game.
Conference positioning will again prove key for the Jersey Mikes #AEPlayoffs. Every round of the Jersey Mikes #AEPlayoffs will take place on the higher seed’s home court and earning home court advantage will prove crucial once again.
The league champion will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, where America East teams have won nine games all-time, including UMBC’s historic upset of Virginia in 2018.
League Links
Fans will once again be able to watch every #AEHoops game this season regardless of where they live! The majority games will air on The AE on ESPN, either ESPN+ or ESPN3, in the United States. Games will also be available internationally on AmericaEast.TV. Those games will be available on computers, OTT devices and the brand new America East app, which is available on all IOS and Android devices and can be found by searching ‘America East Conference’ in app stores.
The men’s #AEHoops preseason poll was announced on Oct. 20.
2022-23 Weekly Award Winners (Jan. 16)
Player of the Week
Antwan Walker, Bryant – Sr., Guard, Washington, D.C.
- Averaged 26 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in a 2-0 week.
- Shot 71 percent from the floor (22-for-31).
- Scored a career-high 33 points and added 11 boards in a win over UAlbany on Wednesday.
- This is Walker’s second #AEHoops Player of the Week honor of the season (11/28).
Rookie of the Week
Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany - Fr., Forward, Hudson Falls, N.H.
- Averaged a 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week.
- Scored a career-high 21 points against Bryant on Wednesday.
- This is Beagle's league-best fifth #AEHoops Rookie of the Week honor of the season.
Weekly Award Winners
Nov. 14 – Player of the Week: Sherif Gross-Bullock, Bryant; Rookie of the Week: Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany
Nov. 21 – Player of the Week: Kellen Tynes, Maine; Rookie of the Week: Jaden Clayton, Maine
Nov. 28 – Co-Player of the Week: Antwan Walker, Bryant & Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany
Dec. 5 – Player of the Week: Jacob Boonyasith, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: TJ Hurley, Vermont
Dec. 12 – Player of the Week: Clarence Daniels, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: TJ Hurley, Vermont
Dec. 19 – Player of the Week: Kevin Osawe, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Dion Brown, UMBC
Dec. 27 – Player of the Week: Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany
Jan. 3 – Player of the Week: Sherif Gross-Bullock, Bryant; Rookie of the Week: Ridvan Tutic, New Hampshire
Jan. 9 – Player of the Week: Miles Coleman, NJIT; Rookie of the Week: Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany
Jan. 16 – Player of the Week: Antwan Walker, Bryant; Rookie of Week: Jonathan Beagle, UAlbany
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