Tanner Thomas, Mt. Aloysius
Thomas hit the game winning lay-up to lead his team to the Championship Game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. He scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds in Saturday's game and followed that up with 12 points and nine rebounds in the championship game. Thomas was named tournament MVP after averaging a double-double (16.5 ppg and 11.5 rpg) for the tournament.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mt. Aloysius F Tanner Thomas hit the game winning lay-up to lead his team to the Championship Game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. He scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds in Saturday's game and followed that up with 12 points and nine rebounds in the championship game. Thomas was named tournament MVP after averaging a double-double (16.5 ppg and 11.5 rpg) for the tournament.
BEST OF THE REST: Pitt-Bradford G Keith Burgess joined Pitt-Bradford's 1,000-point Club in the first half of Saturday's contest, finishing the weekend with a total of 35 points, five rebounds and four assists in two games......Medaille G Jammal Coleman scored a career high 37 points this Saturday against Buffalo State by shooting 9-21 from the field and 18-20 from the free throw line...Hilbert F Jerame Owens started off the year with a double-double, scoring 19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a 66-65 win at Geneva, to go along with the go ahead three pointer late to seal the game for the Hawks...Pitt-Greensburg W Jerell Figueroa started his junior campaign with 26 points and six rebounds in 99-93 loss to Carnegie Mellon...D'Youville C Julian Reed scored 6 points, had six rebounds and three blocks on Saturday and followed that up by scoring 24 points and collecting nine rebounds and four blocks on Sunday...Franciscan G Christian Duke began the 2014 season with a double-double game, scoring 11 points and snatching 10 rebounds in the Barons' loss to Grove City over the weekend...La Roche F Zaire Redding scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the Redhawks' season-opener on Saturday...PS-Altoona F Anton Lucas was selected to the Coaches Vs. Cancer Tournament Team at Mount Aloysius after averaging 12.5 points per game, six rebounds per game, and 4.5 steals per game.
