Canisius’ Green and Quinnipiac’s Kortright Named Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Canisius’ Green and Quinnipiac’s Kortright Named Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Malek Green, Canisius
Jr., Cincinnati, OH/Taft
Canisius junior Malek Green averaged 21.5 points and 7.5 rebounds last week as the Golden Griffins went on the road and posted a MAAC series split at Fairfield. In the Griffs' 80-69 victory on Friday, Green scored a career-high 29 points to go along with nine rebounds. He ended that game by going 10-for-15 from the field, with four 3-pointers, which also set a career best for the Cincinnati, Ohio, native. In Canisius' loss on Saturday, Green came off the bench and scored a team-high 14 points to go with six boards. For the week, he shot 65.2 percent from the floor, 50 percent from behind the arc and 75 percent from the free-throw line.
Rookie of the Week
Luis Kortright, Quinnipiac
Fr., Manhattan, NY/St. Raymond
Kortright led Quinnipiac in scoring over three wins this past week, pouring in 50 points (16.7 PPG). He also added 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest in a 3-0 week. The Bobcats' first-year guard scored 18 points on Saturday, then 25 points on Sunday in a weekend sweep of Rider. He shot 8-of-13 from 3-point distance, playing almost 80 minutes.
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
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
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.