Carrington (Seton Hall/DI) and Harris (NJCU/DII-DIII) Take Players of the Week
MBWA Players of the Week (2-13 to 2-19) 2016-17 / Week 10
FFI: Chuck Stogel, MBWA - 914-428-6111, chstogel@aol.com
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
www.MetBasketballWriters.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Carrington, Harris Snare Men's Weekly Accolades
NEW YORK (Feb. 21, 2017) ---
Khadeen Carrington of Seton Hall in Division I and
Jalen Harris of NJCU in Divisions II-III have been named Men’s Players of the Week, respectively, by the Met Basketball Writers Assn.
The designations, for games played Feb. 13-19, are unique in that they encompass players from 74 Met area schools across Divisions I, II and III.
A 6-4 junior guard from Brooklyn, NY, Carrington --- who also was named the Big East Conference player of the week --- Carrington averaged 31.5 points, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals in a 1-1 homecourt week for the Pirates (16-10). He shot 17-of-31 (54.8%) from the field, including 6-of-13 (46.4%) from 3-point range, and hit 23-of-28 (82.1%) free throws.
Carrington scored a career- and Big East season-high 41 points, including 10 points in the final 41 seconds of the game, as Seton Hall toppled then No. 20 Creighton 87-81. He had a critical steal at midcourt with 18.6 seconds to go in the game, catching the Bluejays asleep as they were trying to roll the ball up to save time. He dove to the floor to get the loose ball and then dunked it on the fast break to put the Pirates up six with 15 seconds remaining.
The 41 points are tied for the most ever by a Seton Hall Pirate in a Big East game and tied for eighth all-time in program history.
Carrington next scored 22 points on 7-of-16 shooting in a 92-70 loss to No. 2 ranked Villanova. The two games were the 10th and 11th 20-point efforts for him this season, and he is averaging a team-best 17.8 ppg.
A 6-2 senior guard from Brandywine, MD, Harris --- who also was named New Jersey Athletic Conference player of the week --- averaged 23.5 points, 3.0 assists and 2.5 rebounds as the Gothic Knights defeated Stockton 73-63 in their final regular season home game followed by a 97-87 win at home over Stockton again in the quarterfinal round of the NJAC playoffs. For the week, he shot 58.3% (14-of-24) from the field and 88.2% (15-of-17) at the free throw line.
Harris scored in double figures for the 47th and 48th time in 54 career games as a Gothic Knight. He has 122 career 3-pointers and 935 points. He surpassed 1,000 collegiate points last week now has 1,039 total points: 935 at NJCU, 42 in 11 games at Albright (2014-15) and 62 in 23 games at Nyack (2013-14).
In the first triumph over Stockton, he scored a career-high 31 points, helping NJCU erase a 12-point deficit late in the first half with a 17-3 outburst. He followed with 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, along with three assists, in the NJAC quarterfinal victory.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Division I Honorable Mention for the week: Raiquan Clark, LIU Brooklyn; Blake Francis, Wagner; Khallid Hart, Marist; Justin Robinson, Monmouth; Jordan Washington, Iona.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Divisions II-III Honorable Mention for the week: Aaron Cust, St, Thomas Aquinas; Eric Johnson-Alford, Caldwell; Jean Marcial, Lehman; Patrick MacDonald, New York Maritime; Jamail Stanley, Old Westbury.
Previous MBWA 2016-17 Men’s Players of the Week: Dec. 6, Tim Coleman, NJIT, and Joseph Lopez, Sacred Heart, Div. I; Thomas Bonacum, Ramapo, Divs. II-III; Dec. 13, Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, Div. I; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Jamail Stanley, SUNY Old Westbury, Divs. II-III; Dec. 20, Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, Div. I; Matt Miller, U.S. Merchant Marine Acad., Divs. II-III; Jan. 10, Curtis Cobb, Fairfield, Div. I; Frank Schettino, Staten Island, Divs. II-III; Jan. 17, Quincy McKnight, Sacred Heart, Div. I; Jamail Stanley, Old Westbury, Divs. II-III; Jan. 24, Justin Robinson, Monmouth, Div. I; Frank Schettino, Staten Island, Divs. II-III; Jan. 31, Rickey McGill, Iona, Div. I; Jamail Stanley, Old Westbury, Divs. II-III; Feb. 7, Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, Div. I; Damian Bellamy, Lehman, and Jaylen Morris, Molloy, Divs. II-III; Feb. 14, Roland Nyama, Stony Brook, and Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra, Div. I; Frank Schettino, Staten Island, Divs. II-III.