Div. III Men's Basketball Players of the Week
For the week ending December 4, 2006
Division III - New England
Player of the Week
Tyler Muzzy - Husson College
Senior, Forward, Greenville, Maine
Muzzy lead the Eagles to a 3-0 this week and 2-0 in NAC play,
averaging 30 points and 9 rebounds in the two conference wins. He
had 17 points and 7 rebounds in a win over Mount Ida and a career
high 35 points and 11 rebounds in a 93-90 win over Lesley
University. The senior finished the weekend 19-32 from the field
(4-7 3fg) and 10-12 from the foul line.
Honor Roll
Jake Weitzen, Tufts University; Devin Ruocco, Plymouth State
University
Division III - Upstate
Amseshem Foluke-Henderson -
State University of
New York at New Paltz
Junior, Guard/Forward,
Queens,
N.Y.
Foluke-Henderson averaged 16.8 points and 9.0 rebounds in four
games. He capped it off with double-doubles vs. Fredonia State (13
points, 13 rebounds) and Buffalo State (30 points, 13 rebounds).
Foluke-Henderson shot 56 percent from the field during the week (28
of 56), topped by his 13 of 20 effort vs. Buffalo State. He also
had 10 steals in the four games, and blocked three shots.
Honor Roll
Eric Latendress, Cazanovia College
Division III - Metro
Player of the Week
Chadd Barnes-
Rutgers University
- Newark
Sophomore, Guard,
Newark,
N.J.
Barnes averaged 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game
while shooting 53.3 percent from his guard position in a pair of
key victories for the Scarlet Raiders. To open play in the NJAC,
Barnes produced 24 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three
steals in Newark's 75-68 league-opening victory over Richard
Stockton.
Honor Roll
Virgil Gray II, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sean
Weismuller College of Staten Island.
Division III - Southern
Co-Player of the Week
Sami
Wylie-Lincoln
University
Senior, Guard,
Philadelphia,
Pa.
Wylie scored a career high and school record 69 points during a
201-78 victory over Ohio State-Marion Saturday afternoon in the
25th Annual Joe Manchin Memorial tournament hosted by Salem
International. Wylie was 23-for-44 from the field, 21-for-41 from
3-point distance and 2-for-3 from the foul line. Wylie's 21
3-pointers are a NCAA record. Wylie fueled a 2-1 week for
11th-ranked Lincoln. Wylie scored 14 points (all in the second
half) and made four 3-pointers to help Lincoln defeat New Jersey
City for the first time in school history, 92-84. Wylie also scored
22 points during Lincoln's 9079 loss to Division II Salem
International.
Jimmy
Curran-Lebanon
Valley College
Senior, Guard,
Allentown,
Pa.
Curran twice scored 28 points and shot a blistering 72.4%
from the floor to lead Lebanon Valley to a pair of Commonwealth
Conference victories. In a 79-74 win at Albright, Curran connected
on 11 of 13 shots (2-for-3 from three-point range) while pulling
down seven rebounds. He also made 4 of 5 free throws against the
Lions. In a 79-73 victory over Elizabethtown, he made 10 of 16
field goals while shooting 4-of-7 from beyond the arc and 4-for-4
at the foul line. Curran also handed out seven assists against the
Blue Jays.
Honor Roll
Kevin Buczynski, Penn State-Behrend; Ryan Roa, College
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