Monmouth's Tilghman & Hammond Earn MAAC Men's Basketball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week
Austin Tilghman, Monmouth
Sr., G, Wilmington, DE/Archbishop Carroll (PA)
Austin Tilghman claims his second MAAC Player of the Week honor this season. The senior scored 20-plus points in both of Monmouth’s games this week, as the Hawks swept a pair of MAAC games for the first time this year. He totaled a double-double on Saturday versus Marist, with a career-high 24 points to go along with 12 rebounds and a team-high six assists and three steals. Tilghman made his final four field goals and was 11-of-11 from the free-throw line. Against Siena, Tilghman netted 20 points, recorded seven rebounds, and was 8-of-8 from the free-throw line to lead Monmouth to a victory. He averaged 22.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. The guard shot 54.5 percent from the field and was a perfect 19-of-19 from the free-throw line.
Rookie of the Week
Deion Hammond, Monmouth
Fr., G, Mitchellville, MD/Riverdale Baptist School
Deion Hammond is a two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week. The guard tallied a career-high 24 points in 26 minutes against Marist on Saturday, he shot 9-of-14 from the field and made five threes. Hammond scored 17 points and pulled down three rebounds at home against Siena on Thursday. For the week, he averaged 20.5 points, and 3.0 rebounds per game, and shot 46.4 percent from the field.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.