Machado, Rossiter and Stewart Tabbed as Men's Basketball Players of the Week
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MAAC Co-Players of the Week
SCOTT MACHADO, IONA
Junior, Guard, 6-1, 180, Queens, N.Y./St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.)
Machado, a junior guard, averaged 15.0 points, 7.5 assists and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 57.9% from the field in Iona's 2-0 week. Against Manhattan, Machado netted a team-best 20 points with the help of a career-high six three-point field goals. He then posted 10 points and 11 assists in Iona's 20-point win at the Big South's Liberty in a Sears Bracketbusters matchup.
RYAN ROSSITER, SIENA
Senior, Forward, 6-9, 260, Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell
Rossiter, a senior forward, averaged 17.5 points, 16 rebounds and 4.5 assists in two games this past week for the Saints. He moved into third place on the MAAC's all-time rebounding charts (1,105) and stands second nationally with 13.4 rpg and 22 double-doubles. Rossiter had 14 points, 16 rebounds and a career-high six assists in the Sears BracketBusters win over Maine. Siena's all-time leading rebounder, he now has a school-record 53 double-doubles in for his career.
MAAC Rookie of the Week
DANNY STEWART, RIDER
Freshman, Forward, 6-7, 210, Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti
Stewart, a freshman forward, averaged 12.0 points and 9.0 rebounds to help lead Rider to a pair of wins this past week. He recorded 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds in the Broncs' win at Loyola. Stewart followed up with another 12-point performance along with three blocks in Rider's win over Delaware in the 2011 Sears BracketBusters series.