Hand and Traore Named Pepsi Zero MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week
Hand and Traore Named Pepsi Zero MAAC Student-Athletes of the Week
Rebekah Hand
Women’s Basketball
Marist College
Rebekah Hand leads the nation in free-throw percentage, sitting at 93.8. This season, she made 62 consecutive free throws between Nov. 18 and Jan. 30 for the fourth longest streak in NCAA history. She also became the first player to ever record multiple streaks of 50+ consecutive free-throw makes. Hand ranks second in the MAAC in scoring (17.2), second in three-point percentage (41.0), sixth in three-pointers per game (2.4), and sixth in field-goal percentage (44.9).
Off the court, the Texas-native is a Biology major who was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team in 2018, and has appeared on the MAAC Academic Honor Roll for each of the last two years. She is a two-time selection to the Marist Dean’s List.
Mustapha Traore
Men’s Basketball
Monmouth University
Traore scored a career-high 16 points on a career-best seven made field goals in Monmouth’s fourth straight win, a 61-49 triumph over Fairfield. He netted the first eight points of the second half, including a thunderous dunk to cap the run, in addition to his nine rebounds. Traore is fourth on the Hawks in scoring and leads MU in defensive rebounding and field goal percentage at 49.7%. He is the only player on Monmouth to start every game this season.
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 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 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.