From the home office in Bethlehem
(Originally posted: 6:07 p.m. Monday)
Notes from this week's official Patriot League release:
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ALVIN REED, Colgate -- Jr., G
Reed is the unanimous choice for Player of the Week after leading Colgate to a 3-0 record that included Patriot League victories over Lehigh and Lafayette. He averaged 21.3 points per game, powered by a career-high tying 26 points against the Leopards. The junior guard from San Bernardino, Calif., shot 22-of-44 from the field last week, including 6-of-13 from 3-point range. He also made 14 free throws, pulled down 11 rebounds, dished out seven assists and had four steals. Reed, who is averaging 14.1 points per game in 2004-05, earns the fifth weekly award of the season for fourth-place CU.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: PAT DOHERTY. Holy Cross - Fr., G
Doherty is just the fourth PL Rookie of the Week this season not named Bilal Abdullah or Kyle Roemer. He gets the nod after making the most of the first two starts of his collegiate career, in wins over Iona and Navy. The freshman guard from Scranton, Pa., followed up a seven-point, eight-assist, two-steal performance against the Gaels with 16 points, two rebounds, six assists and five steals versus the
Midshipmen. He shot 46.2 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 77.8 percent from the free throw line for the week.
STREAKING: BU has now gone 54 days (as of Jan. 24) without losing a game,with the last setback coming Dec. 1 at Penn. The Patriot League record for consecutive victories is 14 by former League member Fordham, accomplished in 1991. The only teams in the nation currently enjoying longer winning streaks than the Bison are Illinois (19), Boston College (16), Duke (15) and Syracuse (12). Utah has also won 11 in a row.
SNIPERS: Colgate remains the PL’s top 3-point shooting team in League games, connecting on 42.5 percent from beyond the arc.
CAN'T HIT THE WATER FROM A BRIDGE: Field goal shooting continues to hurt Lehigh. The Mounatin Hawks are connecting on a League-worst 38.5 percent from the field.
Notes from this week's official Patriot League release:
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ALVIN REED, Colgate -- Jr., G
Reed is the unanimous choice for Player of the Week after leading Colgate to a 3-0 record that included Patriot League victories over Lehigh and Lafayette. He averaged 21.3 points per game, powered by a career-high tying 26 points against the Leopards. The junior guard from San Bernardino, Calif., shot 22-of-44 from the field last week, including 6-of-13 from 3-point range. He also made 14 free throws, pulled down 11 rebounds, dished out seven assists and had four steals. Reed, who is averaging 14.1 points per game in 2004-05, earns the fifth weekly award of the season for fourth-place CU.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: PAT DOHERTY. Holy Cross - Fr., G
Doherty is just the fourth PL Rookie of the Week this season not named Bilal Abdullah or Kyle Roemer. He gets the nod after making the most of the first two starts of his collegiate career, in wins over Iona and Navy. The freshman guard from Scranton, Pa., followed up a seven-point, eight-assist, two-steal performance against the Gaels with 16 points, two rebounds, six assists and five steals versus the
Midshipmen. He shot 46.2 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from 3-point range and 77.8 percent from the free throw line for the week.
STREAKING: BU has now gone 54 days (as of Jan. 24) without losing a game,with the last setback coming Dec. 1 at Penn. The Patriot League record for consecutive victories is 14 by former League member Fordham, accomplished in 1991. The only teams in the nation currently enjoying longer winning streaks than the Bison are Illinois (19), Boston College (16), Duke (15) and Syracuse (12). Utah has also won 11 in a row.
SNIPERS: Colgate remains the PL’s top 3-point shooting team in League games, connecting on 42.5 percent from beyond the arc.
CAN'T HIT THE WATER FROM A BRIDGE: Field goal shooting continues to hurt Lehigh. The Mounatin Hawks are connecting on a League-worst 38.5 percent from the field.
