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Mount Saint Mary's Kendall Francis

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Weekly Report - Dec. 10

Mount Saint Mary's Kendall Francis
Player of the Week

Kendall Francis, Mount Saint Mary
Junior, Guard; Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck South


Led the Knights to a come-from-behind Skyline triumph Saturday against Old Westbury with a career-high 34 points on 10-for-19 shooting (.526) and a 5-for-10 display beyond the 3-point arc...25.4 ppg average on the season tops the conference leaderboard.

Rookie of the Week

Ryan Turell, Yeshiva
Freshman, Guard/Forward; Los Angeles, Calif./Valley Torah


Third weekly honor in last four reporting periods...shot 27-for-41 (.659) from the field en route to an average of 23.3 points per outing in the Macs' three Skyline triumphs...scored 21-plus points in all three contests, including a high score of 26 Thursday at Purchase in a rematch of last season's title game.

Honor Roll

A trio of Skyline student-athletes reached the 1,000 career points milestone on the road last week, including Farmingdale State seniors George Riefenstahl and Matthew Graham, as well as Yeshiva junior Simcha Halpert...Sarah Lawrence sophomore big Enike Anyia (18.7 ppg) rarely missed from the field, shooting 21-for-28 (.750) over a three-game span...St. Joseph's-Brooklyn junior Sebastien Etheart averaged a double-double (17.0 ppg, 11.3 rpg) in the Bears' four contests...Old Westbury senior Alan McDonald collected 23 points and 11 caroms per game over three Panthers outings...St. Joseph's-Long Island senior Mike Harris poured in 22 points in 29 minutes of work against Yeshiva.

Previous weekly winners

Player of the Week

Nov. 13 - Gabriel Leifer, Yeshiva
Nov. 20 - Alan McDonald, Old Westbury
Nov. 26 - George Riefenstahl, Farmingdale State
Dec. 3 - Elijah Lott, Purchase

Rookie of the Week

Nov. 13 - Andrew Varoli, Sarah Lawrence
Nov. 20 - Ryan Turell, Yeshiva
Nov. 26 - Omar Jamaleddine, Sarah Lawrence
Dec. 3 - Ryan Turell, Yeshiva