Major Rainey, La Roche University, Men's Basketball
Rainey had a standout week for the Redhawks, as the sophomore played a tremendous role in the Redhawks' 2-0 week to improve their AMCC win streak to seven straight. In Wednesday's 103-85 victory over Carlow, Rainey contributed 10 points, five rebounds and a block in just 23 minutes. He followed that performance in Saturday's thrilling, 95-92 win over Pitt-Bradford with his fourth double-double in the last five games, scoring 28 points on 10-for-14 shooting, to go alongside 13 rebounds, a steal and three blocks. For the week, Rainey averaged 19 points, 9.0 rebounds, had four total blocks, shot 66.7% from the field (14-for-21) and 90% from the foul line (9-for-10).
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: La Roche F Major Rainey had a standout week for the Redhawks, as the sophomore played a tremendous role in the Redhawks' 2-0 week to improve their AMCC win streak to seven straight. In Wednesday's 103-85 victory over Carlow, Rainey contributed 10 points, five rebounds and a block in just 23 minutes. He followed that performance in Saturday's thrilling, 95-92 win over Pitt-Bradford with his fourth double-double in the last five games, scoring 28 points on 10-for-14 shooting, to go alongside 13 rebounds, a steal and three blocks. For the week, Rainey averaged 19 points, 9.0 rebounds, had four total blocks, shot 66.7% from the field (14-for-21) and 90% from the foul line (9-for-10).
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