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Purchase junior guard, Deshawn Cann
Andreo Otiniano

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Weekly Report - Dec. 4

Purchase junior guard, Deshawn Cann
Player of the Week

Deshawn Cann, Purchase
Junior, Guard, Queens, NY/Thomas Edison


Filled the stat sheet with 17.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.0 steals per contest during Panthers' 3-0 week...shot .617 (21-for-34) from the field...posted 17 points, six caroms and as many assists versus Mount Saint Mary...added 15 points, seven boards and eight helpers in non-conference play against Manhattanville...rounded out week with 19 points, seven rebounds and as many assists against Sarah Lawrence.

Rookie of the Week

Enike Anyia, Sarah Lawrence
Freshman, Forward, Los Angeles, CA/Wilbraham & Monson Academy (MA)


Averaged 17.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game for the Gryphons...shot 17-for-25 (.680) from the field, as well as 18-for-21 (.857) from the charity stripe...scored 17 points Tuesday against St. Joseph's-Long Island...collected 19-point, 12-rebound double-double in victory over USMMA...went for 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists on the weekend versus Purchase.

Honor Roll

USMMA senior guard George Hatzioannides averaged 20.5 points per game for the Mariners...Mount Saint Mary senior Daniel Wolff (16 ppg, 7.7 rpg) shot 19-for-31 (.613) from the field, including 9-for-12 from beyond the 3-point arc...Yeshiva sophomore Simcha Halpert averaged 24.7 points per game last week, including a career-best 37 points Saturday night versus Mount Saint Vincent...St. Joseph's-Brooklyn sophomore Dmitri Sirakis (19 ppg) shot 12-for-25 (.480) from downtown...Farmingdale State junior Matthew Graham averaged 18.5 points per game, including the game-winning trey from the top of the arc to clinch an overtime victory over Lehman.

Previous Player of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - Matthew Graham, Farmingdale State
Nov. 27 - Simcha Halpert, Yeshiva

Previous Rookie of the Week recipients

Nov. 20 - no nominees
Nov. 27 - James Walsh, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy