Cobb (Fairfield/DI) and Schettino (CSI/DII-III) Score Men's Players of the Week
MBWA Players of the Week (1-2 to 1-8) 2016-17 / Week 4
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Cobb, Schettino Score Men's Players of the Week
NEW YORK (Jan. 10, 2017) ---
Curtis Cobb of Fairfield in Division I and
Frank Schettino of the College of Staten Island in Divisions II-III have been named Men’s Players of the Week, respectively, by the Met Basketball Writers Assn.
The designations, for games played Jan. 2-8, are unique in that they encompass players from 74 Met area schools across Divisions I, II and III.
A 6-5 sophomore guard from Fall River, MA, Cobb --- who also was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference player of the week --- averaged 34 points in a 2-0 week for the Stags (8-5). He tied the MAAC single-game mark with a school-record 46 points (the second-highest single-game standard in Division I so far this season) in a 97-79 victory over Manhattan. In that game he canned 16-of-23 field goal attempts, including 9-of-12 from beyond the arc.
Earlier in the week, Cobb netted a team-high 22 points in Fairfield’s 93-87 victory over Iona, making 7-of-11 field goal tries, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range. For the week Cobb shot a lofty 67.6% (23-of-34) from the floor, including 72.2% (13-of-18) from 3-point territory.
A 5-11 senior guard from Staten Island, NY, Schettino --- who also was named the CUNY Athletic Conference player of the week --- averaged a triple-double in a 2-0 week for the Dolphins (8-6).
Schettino scored 21 points while adding 13 assists and eight rebounds in a 77-68 triumph over Baruch, then followed with 18 points, 12 rebounds and a single-game school-record 17 assists in a 99-72 win over Medgar Evers. For the week he averaged 19.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 15.0 assists.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Division I Honorable Mention for the week: Michael Carey, Wagner; Angel Delgado, Seton Hall; Stephan Jiggetts, Fairleigh Dickinson; Marcus LoVett, St. John’s; Jordan Washington, Iona.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Divisions II-III Honorable Mention for the week: Riley Collins, Drew; Jon Feiler, NYIT; Derek Leohner, FDU Florham; Charlie Marquardt, Molloy; Austin Mofunanya, Pace; Christopher Moseley, Ramapo; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas; Fernando Vazquez, St. Joseph’s-LI.
Previous MBWA 2016-17 Men’s Players of the Week: Dec. 6, Tim Coleman, NJIT, and Joseph Lopez, Sacred Heart, Div. I; Thomas Bonacum, Ramapo, Divs. II-III; Dec. 13, Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, Div. I; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Jamail Stanley, SUNY Old Westbury, Divs. II-III; Dec. 20, Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, Div. I; Matt Miller, U.S. Merchant Marine Acad., Divs. II-III.