Manhattan’s Buchanan and Iona’s Junior Joseph Named Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Manhattan’s Buchanan and Iona’s Junior Joseph Named Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Elijah Buchanan, Manhattan
Jr., Bronx, NY/Mount St. Michael /Woodstock Academy (CT)
Elijah Buchanan averaged 20.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.5 blocks in helping Manhattan earn a split at Iona. Buchanan shot 44.8 percent (13-of-29), including 50.0 percent (4-of-8) from long range, and 91.7 percent (11-of-12) from the line. He began the weekend with a team-high 15 points with five rebounds, three assists, four steals and a career-high three blocks in the opener. Following that up, Buchanan registered career-bests in points (26), rebounds (13) and assists (7) while adding two steals in leading the Jaspers to a 77-70 victory. He scored nine of the final 13 Jasper points to cement the win, highlighted by a back-breaking triple with just over a minute to play. On the year, he is averaging 12.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.4 blocks.
Rookie of the Week
Nelly Junior Joseph, Iona
Fr., Benin City, Nigeria/NBA Academy Africa (Senegal)
Nelly Junior Joseph picked up right where he left off following Iona’s 51 day layoff. He averaged 13.0 points per game against the Manhattan Jaspers. Junior Joseph shot 66.7 percent from the floor and 71.4 percent from the free throw line. Junior Joseph also pulled down 6.5 rebounds per game. On Friday night he blocked four Manhattan shots.
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 8-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
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About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
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) celebrates its 40
th year of competition during the 2020-21 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.