NESCAC Player of the Week
Sam Pohlman – Wesleyan – Sr. – F – New York, N.Y.
Throughout the first half on Saturday in the Cardinals’ upset win over Trinity, which saw Wesleyan snap the Bantams' 32-game win streak, Pohlman either scored or assisted on the first eight Wesleyan baskets, making his first seven shot attempts, including four from 3-point range. The senior scored 20 of his game-high 22 points in the first half while adding four assists and four rebounds. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Sophomore Elias Chin (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) averaged 11.0 points and 7.5 rebounds in a 2-0 week in which the Mammoths defeated both Williams and Hamilton to improve to 14-5 overall. In the win over Williams, Chin scored nine points, tied for the team high with seven rebounds, had a pair of steals, and an assist. Against Hamilton, Chin posted team-highs of 13 points, eight rebounds, and five steals.

Bates – Sean O'Leary (Franklin, Mass.) poured in a career-high 24 points on 9-for-14 shooting, grabbed seven rebounds, and recorded two steals in an 87-82 win over the University of Maine at Farmington. The sophomore followed up with 12 points on 5-for-11 shooting against Saint Joseph's (ME), marking his fifth straight game in double figures scoring.

Bowdoin – Sophomore Ray Cuevas (Ipswich, Mass.) scored 12 of his game-high 21 points in the second half, leading the Polar Bears to a 69-61 win over Colby on Saturday. Cuevas added seven rebounds and went 4-for-9 from three-point range in the win.

Colby – Max Poulton (Wellesley, Mass.) hit seven first-half 3-pointers in a midweek win against Husson, and followed up with a nine-point, nine-rebound performance against Bowdoin.  The senior has recorded double-digit scoring performances in four of his last five games, helping the Mules match their win total from 2024-25 (13) with six games to go in the regular season. 

Conn. College – Elias Espinosa (Leonia, N.J.) netted a game-high 24 points and added six rebounds, two assists, and a block against No. 10 Tufts last week. The senior also shot 9-for-15 from the floor and 4-for-6 from long range in 32 minutes of action.

Hamilton – Senior Garret Keyhani (Hillsborough, Calif.) scored 14 points, including the game-winning basket with 0.6 seconds remaining, in the Continentals' 74-73 comeback win over SUNY Geneseo. Junior Matthew Rideout (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) led Hamilton with 16 points, and junior Nate Raub (Chicago, Ill.) chipped in 13 points and three blocked shots.

Middlebury – Ian Murray (Kennebunkport, Maine) extended his double-digit point streak to eight straight contests in a 1-1 week for the Panthers. The guard paced the team with 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting and added seven rebounds and three assists in a battle with Keene State. Murray followed that up with 13 points, including the go-ahead layup with 15 seconds remaining, to help seal a 76-73 victory over Williams. The junior also tied his career high with nine rebounds.

Trinity – Senior Henry Vetter (Kenilworth, Ill.) paced the Bantams offense last week, averaging 13.5 points, 5.0 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in a pair of games. Vetter tallied six points, seven assists, and three rebounds in a win over Western New England, followed by a 21-point effort in a nail-biting loss at Wesleyan. 

Tufts - Senior center Joshua Bernstein (Miami, Fla.) totaled a double-double of 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting, adding 10 rebounds in a 76-73 win over Connecticut College on the road Saturday. Bernstein has double-doubles in his last two games and has scored double figures in each of his last seven contests. 

Williams – Senior forward Hudson Hansen (Bellevue, Wash.) averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in two games for the Ephs last week. The senior shot 66.7 percent from the field in the two games. At Middlebury, Hansen finished with 16 points and totaled 14 points with eight rebounds and five rebounds at Amherst in a midweek contest.