NESCAC Player of the Week
Sean O’Leary – Bates – So. – G – Franklin, Mass.
O'Leary helped Bates beat rivals Bowdoin and Colby in NESCAC action. On Friday, in an 88-76 win over Bowdoin, O'Leary tallied 13 points on 5-for-10 shooting and grabbed five rebounds. The sophomore followed up with a career-high 18 points, 14 in the second half, in Sunday's 89-84 win over Colby. O'Leary drained 10-of-12 free throws, grabbed a game-high seven rebounds, and dished out two assists in the come-from-behind victory. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Elias Chin (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds last week for the Mammoths. In a 65-60 loss at Wesleyan, Chin had team highs of 17 points and nine rebounds. The sophomore also chipped in 11 points and six rebounds in a 75-67 setback to Trinity.

Bowdoin – Sophomore Ray Cuevas (Ipswich, Mass.) scored 18 points in a Friday loss at Bates. Cuevas has scored at least 18 points in 13 of Bowdoin’s 16 games this season and leads the NESCAC, averaging 22.8 points per game, more than four points over  the next-leading scorer.

Colby – Max Poulton (Wellesley, Mass.) guided Colby to a 2-1 week, averaging 19.3 points across three games. The senior narrowly missed a double-double in a midweek win over Bowdoin, tallying 19 points and nine rebounds. Poulton’s 14 points and seven boards helped the Mules top Rhode Island College on Thursday, and his season-high 25 points against Bates were almost enough as Colby fell by five. Poulton cruised past four more former Mules into 17th on Colby's all-time scoring list with 1,257 career points. 

Conn. College – Dylan Watson (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) averaged a double-double of 11.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game last week as the Camels went 2-0 in NESCAC action. The junior finished with 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in a 78-66 win over Middlebury, and contributed nine points and nine boards in an 83-68 triumph over Williams the following day. Watson grabbed 13 of his 25 rebounds on the offensive glass and shot 9-for-9 from the free throw line as the Camels finished the weekend 33-for-34 from the charity stripe.

Hamilton – Matthew Rideout (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) averaged 14.0 points in two NESCAC road games. Rideout scored 14 points and tied a season high with five assists in a 69-57 setback at Wesleyan. The junior guard dropped in a team-best 14 points – all in the first half – in a 77-48 loss at No. 1 Trinity.

Middlebury – Dominick Ducree (Schaumburg, Ill.) extended his double-digit point streak to five consecutive contests over the weekend. The rookie scored 10 points alongside two rebounds and two assists against Connecticut College before pouring on 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting in a battle with No. 12 Tufts. Ducree’s performance against the Jumbos was his fifth with 20 or more points this season.

Trinity – Jarrel Okorougo (Stoneham, Mass.) led the top-ranked Bantams to a pair of NESCAC victories last week, averaging 16.0 points, shooting 48.3 percent from the floor, with 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.5 blocks. In a 75-67 win over Amherst, Okorougo netted a game-high 22 points, shooting 9-of-15 from the field, with nine rebounds, three assists, and two steals. The senior added 10 points with a game-high eight rebounds, two steals, and two blocks in a 77-48 victory against Hamilton.

Tufts - Joshua Bernstein (Miami, Fla.) had a solid week for the Jumbos, who extended their win streak to 15 games while moving to 4-0 in the NESCAC. Bernstein averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game, shooting 70 percent from the field while making eight of his nine free throw attempts. The senior posted 11 points, six blocks, and six rebounds in a win over Williams Friday night and tallied a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds in a victory over Middlebury on Saturday.

Wesleyan – Zach Wolinski (North Andover, Mass.) was incredibly consistent throughout a 3-0 week for Wesleyan, averaging 20 points per game with scoring totals of 18, 21, and 21 points. The sophomore opened with 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting in a win over Yeshiva, following that up with 21 points in a win over Hamilton, and completing the week with another 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting and 3-of-6 from long range in a 65-60 win over Amherst. 

Williams – Jackson Rein (Raleigh, N.C.) averaged 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds for the Ephs in a pair of NESCAC road games against No. 12-ranked Tufts and Connecticut College. The sophomore tied a career high with 21 points, shooting 7-for-13 from the field and 6-for-7 from the free-throw line, while grabbing seven rebounds, at Connecticut College on Saturday.