Men's Basketball Weekly Honors - Jan. 25
Rob Washburn
CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY REPORT - JAN. 25 (PDF format)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Juan’ya Green • Hofstra
Sr., G, 6-2, 195 - Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Carroll
Green averaged 26.5 points, 10.5 assists and 6.0 rebounds in Hofstra’s 2-0 week. The senior guard poured in a season-high 30 points with eight rebounds and seven assists in a 91-63 victory over William & Mary and posted his third double-double with 23 points and a career-best 14 assists in a 96-92 triple-overtime win at Northeastern. Green was 9-of-16 from 3-point range, 10-of-10 at the free throw line and committed just three turnovers in 89 minutes last week, including none vs. the Tribe. He was also named National Player of the Week by CBSSports.com.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK:
C.J. Bryce • UNCW
Fr., G, 6-5, 180 - Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenburg
Bryce averaged 16.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in UNCW’s 2-0 week that extended its winning streak to five. The freshman guard tallied 16 points and seven boards in a 79-70 victory over Delaware and followed with 17 points and seven caroms in a 79-71 triumph at Drexel. For the week, Bryce shot 63.6% (14-of-22) from the floor and also made two steals. He leads all CAA freshmen in scoring with 11.1 ppg.
CONFERENCE NOTES:
THREE-TEAM TIE ATOP CAA STANDINGS: One of the most competitve conference races in the nation remained tight last week.
Hofstra, James Madison and
UNCW went 2-0 last week and are tied for first place at 6-2, while
Towson and
William & Mary are just a game back at 5-3. The Big 12 is the only other Division I conference with five teams within a game of first place as of Jan. 25. Of the 20 CAA games over the past two weeks, eight have been decided by four points or less, including three overtime contests.
ROAD TEAMS ARE 22-18 IN CAA ACTION: Road teams have a 22-18 record thus far in CAA play. Eight of the league’s 10 teams have .500 or better road records in CAA play, including five squads that are 3-1 or better
. All 10 teams have suffered at least one home loss in conference competition and only three have winning records. Visitors having success in CAA action continues a trend from last year when home teams finished 47-43.
PILING UP THE WINS: The CAA is one of only six Division I conferences to have at least eight teams with 12 or more overall wins through games of Jan. 25. The others are the ACC (11), Big Ten (9), Big East (8), Pac 12 (8) and Big 12 (8).
FOUR CAA TEAMS AMONG TOP 100 IN LATEST RPI: Four CAA teams are ranked among the top 100 in the latest RPI report released by
Collegiate Basketball News (rpiratings.com) on Jan. 25.
William & Mary leads all CAA squads at #48, followed by
Hofstra at #74,
James Madison at #87 and
College of Charleston at #99. The CAA is ranked #9 among the nation’s 32 Division I conferences,
which is its highest ranking ever at this point in the season, and is one of only nine conferences with four teams among the top 100 of the RPI along with the American, A-10, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC.
JMU REMAINS UNBEATEN ON THE ROAD: James Madison improved to 7-0 on the road after beating Elon, 82-64, last Saturday. The Dukes are one of four teams in Division I that haven’t lost on the road this season along with Southern Illinois (8-0), Saint Joseph’s (6-0) and Providence (5-0).
BACK-TO-BACK 20-20’S FOR HOFSTRA’S GUSTYS: Hofstra sophomore
Rokas Gustys posted his second straight “20-20” game last week. He tallied a career-high 25 points and a career-best 20 rebounds vs. JMU on Jan. 16, followed by 23 points and 20 boards at Northeastern on Jan. 21.
It was the first back-to-back 20-20 game by a Division I player in the past six years. Gustys, who has recorded double-doubles in six consecutive contests, is averaging 17.3 ppg and 12.9 rpg in CAA play.
CAA EXCELS IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY: The CAA turned in one of the strongest non-conference performances in conference history with the 10 squads putting together a 75-44 overall record. Making the numbers more impressive is the fact that less than half of those games were at home. CAA teams were dominant (47-8) at home and had 21 victories in true road contests, which is the 3rd-most among all conferences.
HOFSTRA’S GREEN ECLIPSES 2,000 CAREER POINTS: Hofstra guard
Juan’ya Green became the third active Division I player to eclipse the 2,000 career point mark (2,073) on Jan. 14. He is just 58 points shy of becoming only the fourth player ever to score at least 1,000 points at two different Division I schools (1,131 at Niagara/942 at Hofstra). Green also leads active Div. I players in career assists (669) and is fifth in career steals (211) through games of Jan. 24. He trails only Evansville’s D.J. Balentine (2,210) and High Point’s John Brown (2,074) in points.
THREE-POINT SUCCESS: Several CAA teams are among the nation’s best at scoring from the 3-point line and defending it.
Elon (10.6 pg/7th),
James Madison (9.2 pg/29th),
Hofstra (9.2 pg/32nd) and
Northeastern (8.9 pg/36th) are among Division I leaders in 3’s per game while
William & Mary (37.9%/46th) is ranked in 3-point FG%. Defensively,
James Madison is 9th in 3-point FG percentage defense (28.9%) and W&M is 17th (30%). Individually, Elon’s
Tanner Samson (3.05 pg/29th) and NU’s
David Walker (2.86/48th) are among Division I leaders in treys per game while Walker (43.8%/35th) is ranked in 3-point FG percentage.
UNCW RANKS SEVENTH IN TURNOVER MARGIN: UNCW ranks seventh nationally in turnover margin (+4.9 tpg) through games of Jan. 24. The Seahawks are forcing 16.2 turnovers per game, which ranks 16th in Division I, while committing 11.3. UNCW is also 21st nationally with 8.4 steals per game.
W&M’S TARPEY AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN STEALS: W&M senior
Terry Tarpey ranks 10th nationally in steals (2.5 spg) and Drexel freshman
Terrell Allen (2.16 spg) is 24th through games of Jan. 24. Hofstra’s
Juan’ya Green (7.0 apg) is 9th in assists. Delaware’s
Marvin King-Davis is 17th in double-doubles (10) and 37th in rebounding (9.4 rpg). Hofstra’s
Rokas Gustys is 17th in double-doubles (10), 8th in FG percentage (64.1%) and 13th in rebounding (10.7 rpg).
ELON’S SAMSON TOPS 300 THREES: Elon senior
Tanner Samson broke the school’s career record for three-pointers in a win over FIU on Dec. 4 and currently has 306 treys. The 306 career threes is second among all active Division I players. Samson drained a school-record 103 three-pointers last season, which was the third-highest total in CAA history, and has made 64 shots from beyond the arc this season, which leads the conference.
College of Charleston
• Went 2-0 last week with wins over Towson (40-37) and Delaware (59-58). Last 4 games have been decided by 3 points or less.
• Cameron Johnson scored 10 points in both games last week. He has 14 double-digit scoring efforts this season and is averaging 13.8 ppg over his past four contests.
• Marquise Pointer scored a team-high 16 points vs. UD. He’s averaging 12.3 ppg in CAA play and has reached double figures 10 times this season.
• Jarrell Brantley tallied 13 points vs. UD. He’s averaging 13.0 ppg in CAA play and leads all CAA freshmen in rebounding.
• Terrance O’Donohue had a season-high 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks off the bench at Towson.
• Junior Canyon Barry underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in mid-January. He was averaging a CAA-best 19.7 ppg.
• CofC has limited seven of its eight CAA opponents to 65 points or less.
Delaware
• Lost road games at UNCW (79-70) and CofC (59-58) last week.
• Kory Holden averaged 19.0 ppg last week, including a team-high 22 points at UNCW, which was his 7th 20+-point effort. He has reached double figures in 14 of his last 15 games and ranks 3rd in the CAA in scoring and 4th in assists.
• Marvin King-Davis posted his CAA-best 10th double-double at CofC with team-highs of 17 points and 14 rebounds. He’s averaging 19.8 ppg and 11.2 rpg in his past 5 games.
• Anthony Mosley scored 11 points at UNCW and has 7 double-digit effort in the past 9 games. He’s averaging 12.5 ppg in CAA play.
• Devonne Pinkard averaged 8.5 ppg last week after scoring just three points in his previous four contests.
• Maurice Jeffers had 12 points at UNCW, which was his most since Dec. 3.
• UD shot 46.8% from the floor at CofC, including a season-best 57.1% in the first half.
Drexel
• Fell 68-45 at James Madison and 77-71 to UNCW last week.
• Kazembe Abif scored a game-high 15 points at JMU and had 14 points vs. UNCW while shooting 62.5% (10-16) from the floor last week. He has tallied double figures in three of his past four contests.
• Rodney Williams scored a team-high 17 points and blocked a career-high 7 shots against UNCW. He’s averaging 12.8 ppg in CAA play and has 96 career rejections.
• Terrell Allen tallied 11 points at JMU. He ranks 2nd in the CAA in steals and is 2nd on the team in scoring and first in assists.
• Rashann London scored 12 points on 4-of-5 FG shooting off the bench vs. UNCW. It was his top point total since Dec. 31.
• Leading scorer Tavon Allen (12.7 ppg) has tallied double digits in 14 of 19 contests.
• The Dragons were 59-of-76 (77.7%) from the FT line over a four-game stretch, but hit just 19-of-29 in the UNCW setback.
Elon
• Suffered setbacks to William & Mary (89-67) and JMU (82-64) last week.
• Tyler Seibring hit 5-of-5 threes and scored a team-high 18 points at W&M, but had his 6-game double-digit streak end vs. JMU (3 pts). He’s 13-of-20 from 3-point range over the past four games.
• Dainan Swoope chipped in 12 points vs. W&M and JMU. He’s averaging 12.8 ppg over his last four contests.
• Guard Luke Eddy added 13 points at W&M. He’s averaging 13.3 ppg over his last 6 games and ranks 2nd in the CAA in assists.
• Tanner Samson has scored double figures in 11 of his last 16 contests. Samson is Elon’s career 3-point leader with 306 and tops the CAA with 64 treys this season.
• Brian Dawkins scored a season-high 10 points in 18 minutes vs. JMU.
• Elon went 10-of-29 from 3 in both games and has made 10+ treys in 14 of 21 games.
Hofstra
• Outlasted Northeastern 96-92 in 3ot and beat W&M 91-63 last week.
• Juan’ya Green had a season-high 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists vs. W&M and had his 3rd double-double (23 pts/career-high 14 ast) vs. NU. He’s scored double figures in 19 of 20 games, has six 20+-point efforts and also leads the CAA in assists.
• Rokas Gustys averaged 20.5 ppg and 15.5 rpg last week. He leads the CAA in rebounds (10.7 rpg) and FG% (64.1%), has tallied 10+ boards 14 times and has 10 double-doubles, including six in a row.
• Denton Koon had a season-high 22 points and 11 rebounds at NU and tallied 13 points vs. W&M. He’s scored double figures 14 times and grabbed 10+ boards five times.
• Ameen Tanksley averaged 15.0 ppg last week and has reached double figures in 19 of 20 contests.
• Brian Bernardi added 10 points at NU. He has made a team-high 55 threes on 40.7% shooting this season.
James Madison
• Have won five straight after defeating Drexel (68-45) and Elon (82-64) last week. Improved to 7-0 on the road.
• Ron Curry averaged 13.0 ppg and 5.5 rpg last week. He’s scored double digits in a league-best 13 straight games.
• Dimitrije Cabarkapa scored a team-high 14 points vs. Drexel. He has made at least one 3-pointer in 27 of the last 29 games.
• Yohanny Dalembert had 8 points and 6 rebounds at Elon and is averaging 11.8 ppg and 7.5 rpg over the last 4 games.
• Shakir Brown added 12 points at Elon and is averaging 13.3 ppg over the past 4 games.
• JMU limited Drexel to 31.3% FG shooting, including 3-of-18 from three. The Dukes lead the league in FG% defense and 3-point FG% defense in CAA games.
• Joey McLean and Paulius Satkus added 14 points each off the bench at Elon.
• JMU is 13-0 when leading at the half.
UNCW
• On a 5-game win streak after beating Delaware (79-70) and Drexel (77-71) last week.
• Chris Flemmings scored a team-high 21 points with 9 rebounds at DU and posted a double-double (17 pts/13 reb) vs. UD. He’s scored double digits in 9 straight games and is averaging 18.1 ppg in CAA play.
• Denzel Ingram averaged 17.0 ppg last week, including 21 points at DU. He’s reached double digits in 10 of the last 11 games and is averaging 19.5 ppg in his past 4 outings.
• Craig Ponder reached the 1,000-point mark for his career at Drexel.
• C.J. Bryce averaged 16.5 ppg and 7.0 rpg last week. He has 12 double-digit outings and leads all CAA freshmen in scoring.
• UNCW ranks second in FG percentage (46.4%) and first in 3-point FG percentage (39.6%) in CAA play.
• UNCW tied a season-low with only seven turnovers against the Blue Hens.
Northeastern
• Fell 96-92 in triple OT to Hofstra and 79-72 to Towson last week. It was the second 3 OT game in NU history and first since 1982.
• David Walker scored a career-high 32 points vs. Towson and posted a double-double with 18 points and a career-high 13 assists vs. Hofstra. He played 94 minutes last week, including a school-record 55 against HU.
• Quincy Ford scored a team-high 19 points vs. HU but sat out the Towson game due to injury. He has scored double digits in 19 of 20 games and is among the CAA’s top six in scoring and rebounding.
• Zach Stahl posted his 2nd double-double vs. HU with team-highs of 19 points and 11 rebounds and grabbed 8 boards vs. Towson.
• Junior T.J. Williams averaged 12.5 ppg last week and has three double-digit efforts in the last four games.
• NU made 16 turnovers vs. Towson after averaging just 8.2 tpg in its previous 5 games.
• NU hit a school-record 17 threes vs. HU.
Towson
• Split games last week, winning 79-72 at Northeastern after a 40-37 setback to CofC. Have won 7 of their last 10 overall.
• John Davis posted his first double-double of the season at NU with team-highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds.
• William Adala Moto scored 11 points at NU and grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds vs. CofC. He’s scored double digits in 15 of the past 16 games and is averaging 16.1 ppg and 9.7 rpg in CAA play.
• Timajh Parker-Rivera, who averaged 6.5 ppg and 7.0 rpg last week. set the Towson record for most career games played (120).
• Mike Morsell scored 15 points at NU and has reached double figures in 9 of the past 10 contests.
• Byron Hawkins had 15 points at NU and has hit double digits in 14 of his last 18 games.
• Towson out-rebounded both foes last week and are a CAA-best +7.5 in rebound margin.
William & Mary
• Topped Elon 89-67 but lost 91-63 at Hofstra last week.
• David Cohn tied his career-high with 16 points at Hofstra. He’s averaging 12.0 ppg and 4.9 apg in CAA play.
• Connor Burchfield hit 6-of-7 threes and scored a career-high 20 points in 16 minutes off the bench against Elon.
• Daniel Dixon returned to action (ankle injury) vs. Elon and had 18 points and 6 assists. He leads W&M with 50 treys and is shooting 41.0% from beyond the arc.
• Sean Sheldon had 9 points and 9 boards vs. Elon. He’s shooting 72.1% in CAA play.
• Terry Tarpey had 15 points and 8 boards at Hofstra, which was his 6th straight game in double figures. He ranks 4th in the CAA in rebounding, 1st in steals and 3rd in blocks.
• Omar Prewitt poured in 14 points at Hofstra and has scored double digits in 18 of his last 21 games.