For the week ending December 11, 2006

Division III - New England
 
Co-Player of the Week
 
Ryan Cain- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (pictured)
Senior, Guard, Webster, Mass.

Cain averaged 27.3 points en route to helping WPI win three games in four days. He started his impressive string by pouring in a season-high 30 points in an 81-70 victory over Endicott. Cain then earned MVP honors at the Raiders Engineers Classic after scoring 27 points in a win versus Case Western Reserve and 25 points in the championship victory against host Milwaukee School of Engineering. On the week, the senior guard connected on 24-of-42 (57.1%) shots from the field. Cain, who played 118 of a possible 120 minutes, also added 13 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals in the three contests.
 
Steve DeLuca- Brandeis University
Junior, Forward, Merrimack, N.H.

DeLuca led the Judges to a 2-1 week and the second-best start in school history by averaging 20.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. He also contributed five steals, three assists and three blocks. He led all scorers in the Judges' 74-59 win over Elms College on Dec. 4 with 18 points and pulled down six rebounds, tied with four others for team-high. DeLuca recorded his sixth career double-double in a 66-51 win over Clark the next day with 13 points and game-high 11 rebounds. Brandeis's winning streak was brought to a halt on Dec. 9 as Brandeis fell, 84-74, on the road at No. 2-ranked Amherst College, despite DeLuca's game-high 30 points and eight rebounds. It was his second career 30-point game.
 
Honorable Mention

Michael Herr- Gordon College
Senior, Forward, Lampeter, Pa.

Herr scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds in an 89-76 victory over New England College on Tuesday. In the victory, Herr scored his 1,000th career point with 14:30 to play in the second half. At NEC he shot 8-10 from the floor including 4-4 from three-point range. In a 76-70 overtime loss to Salem State on Saturday, Herr shot 6-10 from the field while going 4-8 from downtown and a perfect 2-2 from the free-throw line. Combined for the week, Herr was 14-20 from the field (.700), 8-12 (.666) from three-point land, grabbed 12 boards and was 3-3 from the charity stripe.
 
Bryan Rouse - Emerson College
Freshman, Center, East Greenwich, R.I.

Rouse scored a school and GNAC record 56 points vs. Daniel Webster on 24-31 shooting from the field and 8 of 12 from the line.  Only 18 players in Division III have scored more points in a single game. Rouse added a career high 11 boards. Two days earlier in a win over Eastern Nazerene, Rouse scored 15 points and had 4 rebounds.
 
Division III - Upstate
 
Co-Player of the Week
 
Dan McSweeney - St. John Fisher College
Senior, Center, Marcellus, N.Y.

McSweeney averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks, while shooting 78.3 percent from the floor in a 2-0 week for the Cardinals.  He tallied 19 points, six boards, and a career-high six steals in a 69-67 overtime win over Rochester on Thursday.  On Saturday, McSweeney scored a career-high 25 points on 11-of-13 shooting, adding nine rebounds and three steals, in a 63-62 victory over Geneseo.  He made a free throw with 4.4 seconds left for the deciding point for the Cardinals, who ended the game on an 8-0 run.
 
Ray Bryant- Utica College
Senior, Forward, Utica, N.Y.

Bryant averaged 29 points and 14.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week for the Pioneers.  He tallied 32 points and pulled down nine rebounds in a 72-58 win over visiting Cortland on Thursday and followed it up with 26 points and 20 boards in a 99-76 victory over SUNY IT on Saturday.
 
Honor Roll

Chris LaBoard, SUNY-IT; Tsakani Ngobeni, Hamilton; Rich Williams, St. Lawrence
 
Division III - Metro
 
Player of the Week
 
Jeffrey Boone - York College
Senior, Guard/Forward, Rosedale, N.Y.

The senior enjoyed a tremendous all-around week in helping lead York to a 3-0 record.  The 6'3" swingman averaged 17.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game. In a non-conference victory over Brooklyn College Boone scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and had five assists. The senior, who is averaging 17.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, followed that up with 15 points and nine rebounds in the league-win versus Medgar Evers. He nearly completed the week with a triple-double, producing 14 points, nine assists, and 10 rebounds in a seven point victory over St. Joseph's.
 
Honor Roll

Ahmad Mosby, Ramapo; Thomas Young, Polytechnic College; Alex Kuchar, Centenary
 
Division III - South
 
Player of the Week
 
Antione McCall - Frostburg State University
Junior, Forward, Essex, Md.

McCall averaged 17.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg and 2.3 apg while shooting 50% from the field in three Bobcat victories. His highlight performance came against La Roche where he recorded 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, scoring the game-winning basket to beat the Redhawks in overtime.
 
Honor Roll

Craig Hannon, Westminster; Ryan Einwag, Carnegie Mellon