CACC Athletics :BURNS AND HARPER EARN CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

BURNS AND HARPER EARN CACC MEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

November 20, 2006

NEW HAVEN, CT - Christian Burns of Philadelphia University has been named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 19. Felician College freshman James Harper has been selected as the Rookie of the Week.

Burns, a 6-9 senior center, averaged 22.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per-game while shooting 55.2-percent from the field in a 2-0 week. The native of Hamilton, NJ, also blocked 3.5 shots and came up with 1.5 steals per-game. He started the season with 24 points, 16 rebounds and three blocks against Bryant and followed with 21 points, 15 rebounds, four blocks and three steals against Chestnut Hill.

Harper, a 6-5 forward from Eatontown, NJ, shot 81.3-percent from the field and averaged 16.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per-game for the week. Shot 13-for-16 from the field during the week, including a 6-for-6 performance against Minnesota-Duluth. Began the season with 20 points and four rebounds against nationally-ranked Minnesota State.

Honorable Mention

Jean Georges, Caldwell - Scored 20 points against both Mesa State and Colorado School of Mines.

Andre Dabney, Bloomfield - Averaged 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals in two games.

CACC Team Notes

Caldwell - Caldwell split a pair of games to open the season at the Colorado School of Mines Tournament this past weekend. Junior guard Adam Sabree nailed a three-pointer with four seconds on the clock to give the Cougars a 66-65 win over Mesa State on Friday. Senior guard Jean Georges tallied 20 points in both games to lead the Cougars. Georges now has scored 928 points in his career to rank 15th on Caldwell's all-time scoring list.

Felician - Only four players on Felician's 10-man roster were with the team last season, and just two, Michael Pierrot and Sydir Mitchell, started games in 2005-06.

Holy Family - Holy Family beat a Northeast-10 school for the first time in school history with a win over UMass-Lowell. The Tigers won a season-opener for the first time since November 13, 2003.

Philadelphia - Philadelphia University officially named the basketball floor at the new Athletic & Recreation Center "Herb Magee Court", in a ceremony on Saturday, November 18th, prior to the Rams' win over Chestnut Hill College. Magee currently needs just 14 victories to become the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division II men's basketball history.

Post - Post opened the season with a 1-2 record in three games last week. The Eagles opened with a 61-52 win over Merrimack College at the Drubner Center. Junior Peter Lawal and junior Arthur Robertson each had double-doubles to lead the Eagles. Lawal had game highs of 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Robertson came off the bench to score 10 points and 10 rebounds. It was the Eagles' first win against a Northeast-10 conference school since joining NCAA Division II. Against Bridgeport, the Eagles were trailing by one point with 32 seconds left, and on a missed free throw attempt, Bridgeport got the rebound and laid it in to seal the win. Sophomore AJ Reitter had a team-high 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead three scorers in double figures. In the second game of the UB Purple Knight Classic, the Eagles made a comeback with time running out in regulation, only to fall to UMass.-Lowell, 75-70.