Drame, Salnave Earn Pepsi Zero MAAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
Player of the Week
Ray Salnave, Monmouth
R. Jr., Elmont, NY/Benjamin N. Cardozo
Salnave netted a buzzer-beating three-pointer to send Monmouth over Princeton on Tuesday by one, 67-66. The redshirt junior also scored the game-tying basket with 12 seconds remaining on a reverse layup and finished the night with a season-high 21 points. He was a perfect 7-7 from the foul line and grabbed a season-best seven boards and four steals in 30 minutes, shooting 6-14 from the field.
Rookie of the Week
Fousseyni Drame, Saint Peter’s
Fr., Bamako, Mali/Our Savior New American School (NY)
Drame had a career night for the Peacocks, scoring a career-best 15 points and grabbing a career-high nine rebounds in Saint Peter’s dominating 86-70 win over local in-state rival Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday night. The freshman forward connected on his first career three-pointer and made 4-of-5 free throws. Drame added one block and one assist to his scoresheet.
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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 39
th year of competition during the 2019-20 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.