Antonio Alvarez, Hilbert College, Men's Basketball
Alvarez led the Hawks to a 2-1 record this week averaging 19.3 points and 12.3 rebounds. Alvarez shot 62.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from the arc, recording his first double-double of his collegiate career. He then added his second one in the same week in the loss to Penn State Altoona with 20 points and 19 rebounds over the weekend.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hilbert G Antonio Alvarez led the Hawks to a 2-1 record this week averaging 19.3 points and 12.3 rebounds. Alvarez shot 62.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from the arc, recording his first double-double of his collegiate career. He then added his second one in the same week in the loss to Penn State Altoona with 20 points and 19 rebounds over the weekend.
BEST OF THE REST: Medaille G Jalen Smith led the Mavs to a 2-0 record with an 82-77 win at home against D'Youville on Wednesday and an 86-75 road win against Pitt-Greensburg, scoring 23 points and adding eight rebounds in the win against D'Youville and then following that up with a 26 point effort in the win against UPG...La Roche F Arnes Bajgora averaged 14.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and two assists in a 2-0 week for La Roche, as his 20 point and seven rebound performance in a Wednesday win over Penn State Behrend helped the Redhawks climb into first place in conference standings...PS-Altoona G Ishmeal Nance put up big numbers all-around for the Lions in a 2-0 week of AMCC play, as he averaged 25.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.0 block, including shooting at a 70.0% three-point percentage...Pitt-Bradford G Christian Kelly-Perkins averaged 20.0 points per game last week to lead the Panthers offensively, scoring 17 Wednesday and 23 on Saturday, scoring 15 of his 17 points against Hilbert in the second half to help the Panthers hang around and narrowly fall by five points on the road...Mount Aloysius F Tommy Pisula averaged a near double-double (17.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg) for the week and shot 87% from the line to help lead the Mounties to a 2-0 week...PS-Behrend G Derrick Clark was instrumental in leading the Lions to a 1-1 week after scoring new career-highs in back to back games, shooting 62.5 percent from the field, and a perfect 3-for-3 from behind to arc for a career-best 14 points, and then in his first career start against Franciscan, he dropped 17 points while also snagging four boards in the double-digit win...D'Youville G Simeon Heard led the team in scoring two of three games, as he began the week with 20 points against Hilbert, added 24 points against La Roche, and then completed a solid all-around game with eight points, four rebounds, and a team-high six assists against Mount Aloysius...Franciscan C Matt Trent led the Barons with 16.0 rebounds per game this week, including a 19-rebound effort against Penn State Behrend, one rebound shy of Franciscan's single-game record ... had 11 points or the week and two blocks ... leads the league with 8.9 rebounds per game (152 total).