CAA Men's Basketball Weekly Awards - Feb. 28

CAA Men's Basketball Weekly Awards - Feb. 28

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Miles McQuiggan

RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 28, 2022) – Charleston graduate student Dimitrius Underwood, Drexel sophomore Amari Williams, and Delaware freshman Jyare Davis earned the final Colonial Athletic Association weekly award honors for men’s basketball in the 2021-22 regular season.
 
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dimitrius Underwood, Charleston
Graduate Student | Guard | Mesquite, Texas / Horn
Underwood helped Charleston to a 2-1 start to its four-game road trip to close the regular season by averaging 18.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 7.3 assists, and 2.3 steals per game while shooting 59%. The guard from Texas was in double figures in all three games, beginning with a 19-point, eight-rebound, eight-assist performance in a win Tuesday at Northeastern. Underwood tallied a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds while adding eight assists in a Thursday victory at Delaware before scoring 23 points and collecting seven rebounds and six assists in a one-point setback at Drexel on Saturday.
 
CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amari Williams, Drexel
Sophomore | Forward | Nottingham, England / Myerscough
Williams averaged 16.5 points and 15.0 rebounds per game while adding a game-winning dunk for the Dragons on Saturday. The forward from England scored 20 points on Thursday against UNCW and added 19 rebounds – the most by a Drexel player in 26 seasons – before adding another double-double in an 80-79 win over Charleston. Williams’ dunk with 1.7 seconds remaining proved to be the difference as Drexel secured a spot in the 4/5 game of the CAA Championship with the victory. Williams added 1.5 blocks per game on the week.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Jyare Davis, Delaware
Freshman | Forward | Newark, Del. / Sanford
Davis closes out the regular season with the final five Rookie of the Week honors and a run of nine straight double-figure scoring efforts. The forward from Newark scored 20 points and added five rebounds Thursday in a three-point setback against Charleston before collecting 23 points and seven rebounds on Saturday vs. UNCW. Davis shot 73% for the week, going 8-for-11 from the floor in both games.
 
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