The Hall's Carrington and NYIT's Hayden Get Final DI, DII-III Weekly Honors
MBWA Players of the Week (2-19 to 2-25) 2017-18 / Week 11
FFI: Chuck Stogel, MBWA - 914-428-6111, chstogel@aol.com
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association
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Carrington, Hayden Pick Up Final MBWA Players of the Week
NEW YORK (Feb. 27, 2018) ---
Khadeen Carrington of Seton Hall in Division I and
Jeffrey Hayden of NYIT in Divisions II-III have been named Men’s Players of the Week by the Met Basketball Writers Assn.
The designations, for games played Feb. 19-25, are unique in that they encompass players from 74 Met area schools across Divisions I, II and III.
The selections represent the final weekly honors being presented by the MBWA during the 2017-18 season.
A 6-4 senior guard from Brooklyn, NY, Carrington --- who also was named the Big East Conference player of the week --- averaged 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 52% from the field and 93% at the free throw line during a 2-0 week on the road for the Pirates (20-9).
In Seton Hall’s 89-77 win at Providence, which was suspended Wednesday night due to unsafe court conditions and completed Thursday afternoon, he delivered 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting and 8-of-8 at the free throw line. In the restart of the suspended game, which was the final 13:03 of the second half, he was 3-for-4 from the floor and 8-for-8 at the line for 14 points. Then in an 81-74 overtime victory at St. John’s, he poured in 22 points, grabbed six boards and issued four assists. Carrington scored Seton Hall’s last six points in overtime and helped hold the Red Storm scoreless in the final 4:20 of the extra frame.
With back-to-back 20-plus efforts, Carrington has scored 20 points or more six times this season.
A 6-4 junior forward from Harlem, NY, Hayden --- who also was named East Coast Conference player of the week --- averaged 32.0 points and 15.5 rebounds in a 1-1 week at home for the Bears (5-25). His scoring output has netted him the current top spot in the ECC with 23.2 ppg this season and represents the fourth-best seasonal average in school history.
Hayden had 35 points and 22 rebounds in a 94-84 win over Roberts Wesleyan, then concluded the regular season with 29 points and nine rebounds in a 92-68 loss to Daemen.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Division I Honorable Mention for the week: Rickey McGill, Iona; Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra.
Players receiving MBWA Men’s Divisions II-III Honorable Mention for the week: Derek Dorn, Caldwell; Simcha Halpert, Yeshiva; James Mitchell, St. Thomas Aquinas; Jared Rivers, LIU Post.
Previous MBWA 2017-18 Men’s Players of the Week: Dec. 5, Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall, Div. I; Dequawne Richards, Mercy, and Sam Toney, NJCU, co-winners Divs. II-III . . . Dec. 12, Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra, Div. I; Dom Cristiano, NYU, and Terrell Spaulding, Felician, co-winners Divs. II-III . . . Dec. 19, Corey Sanders, Rutgers, Div. I; Lavrone Green, NJCU, and Jack Laffey, Adelphi, co-winners Divs. II-III . . . Jan. 9, Angel Delgado, Seton Hall, Div. I; Sam Toney, NJCU, Divs. II-III . . . Jan. 16, Justin Wright-Foreman, Hofstra, Div. I; Sam Toney, NJCU, Divs. II-III . . . Jan. 23, JoJo Cooper, Wagner, Div. I; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas, Divs. II-III . . . Jan. 30, Blake Francis, Wagner, Div. I; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Luis Hernandez, Lehman, co-winners Divs. II-III . . . Feb. 6, Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, Div. I; Preston Powell, Old Westbury, Divs. II-III . . . Feb. 13, Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, Div. I; Deshawn Cann, SUNY Purchase, Divs. II-III . . . Feb. 20, Shamorie Ponds, St. John’s, Div. I; Justin Reyes, St. Thomas Aquinas, Divs. II-III.