RIVERDALE, N.Y. ? Manhattan senior forward Devon Austin was named to the PrestoSports/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week Honor Roll announced earlier today. The White Plains native averaged 22.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in the Jaspers' two games last week. Austin scorched the nets shooting 53.3% (16-30) from the field and 47.1% (8-17) from 3-point territory.
Austin set a season-high recording 20 points on Friday night leading Manhattan to an 81-63 victory over Canisius at Draddy Gymnasium. He shot 7-for-13 from the field, buried four 3-pointers, grabbed four rebounds and blocked the 83rd shot of his career. Then on Sunday, he reset his season-high with 24 points at Rider. He was 9-for-17 from the floor, including four 3s. Austin also pulled down five rebounds and swiped two steals.
The preseason All-MAAC selection ranks sixth in the conference averaging 14.7 points per game. He is second in the league in free-throw shooting percentage (89.5%).
About the PrestoSports/MBWA Player of the Week Award
Celebrating its fifth season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members votes to select the winners from the nominations. All players who receive votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll.
