Player of the Week
Brycen Goodine, Fairfield
R-Sr., New Bedford, MA, St. Andrew’s School (RI)
 
Brycen Goodine averaged 31.0 points per game on .677 shooting (21-31) to help the Stags to two wins to lock up the second seed in the upcoming MAAC Championship. Goodine shot 11-19 (.579) from three-point range and added 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest in the victories over Canisius and The Mount. Goodine's week was highlighted by a 37-point outburst on ESPNU in the Senior Night win over the Griffs. Goodine owns the MAAC's two highest scoring games of the season, having netted 40 in a Jan. 5 with at Siena.
 
Rookie of the Week
De'Shayne Montgomery, Mount St. Mary’s
Fr., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Hargrave Military Academy (VA)
 
Montgomery closed out the regular season with another strong performance, posting 24 points, seven assists, five rebounds and a pair of steals in the Mount's 96-92 loss to Fairfield.  He finished the game 9-for-11 from the field and 4-of-5 from three-point range.  Montgomery has scored 20 or more points in five of the Mount's past six games.
 
The 2023-24 campaign culminates with the 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 12-16 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the fifth consecutive year dating back to 2020. For all information regarding the 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter.
 
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 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, 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. Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University will join the MAAC as full members in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding the conference to 13 institutions.
 
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