Player of the Week
Nelly Junior Joseph, Iona
Jr., Benin City, Nigeria, NBA Academy Africa (Senegal)
 
Iona junior, Nelly Junior Joseph led the Gaels to a pair of double-digit MAAC wins this past weekend, averaging 15.5 points and 13.5 rebounds. Junior Joseph posted two more double-doubles to raise his total to 17 for the season, the third most in NCAA Division I this season. It was his 14 in the last 15 games. Junior Joseph opened the week with 12 points and a career-high 17 rebounds vs. Manhattan and closed it with 19 points and 10 rebounds at Saint Peter's. The third-year performer shot .500 from the field during the week. This is Junior Joseph’s MAAC-leading fifth Player of the Week award of the season.
 
Rookie of the Week
Tahj Staveskie, Canisius
Fr., Sandusky, OH, Sandusky
 
Canisius redshirt-freshman Tahj Staveskie averaged 19.0 points, 5.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game as the Golden Griffins went 1-1 on the road at Rider and Mount St. Mary's. In the win at Rider Friday, he scored a team-high 21 points, his second game with 20-or more points scored in the team's last three outings. He scored the first 14 points of the game for Canisius against Rider and sealed the win with four free-throws in that game's final eight seconds. On Sunday, he scored 17 points, his 18th game in double-figures, and he also matched a season-high with six assists. For Staveskie, this is his fifth MAAC Rookie of the Week honor of the season, tied for the most amongst all other league rookies.
 
The 2022-23 campaign culminates with the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 7-11 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the fourth consecutive year. For all information regarding the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter. For tickets to the 2023 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit ticketmaster.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) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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