Stephen Hagwell, Commissioner
ECAC Hockey

WHITE PLAINS, NY (17 December 2007) - The Hofstra Pride split a pair of games last week, losing to Long Island rival Stony Brook before defeating Charlotte 70-68. Leading the way was this week's PrestoSports/ Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week Antoine Agudio (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman).
Agudio averaged 27.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists for Hofstra (2-5 Overall, 0-1 Colonial Athletic Association). He had 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the win over Charlotte on Saturday, while shooting 6-of-6 from three-point territory. His ten rebounds marked his career high and enabled him to pick up his first double-double. By hitting all six from long range, he copped the top three-point shooting game percentage-wise in school history (several players had made five of five three's before, including Agudio himself against Drexel in 2005-06). He had 18 points in the second half, including a big three-pointer with just under three minutes to play to start a 10-0 run that turned a 65-60 deficit into a 70-65 lead. He became the first player in school history with 300 career three-pointers (and fifth in CAA history).

This Week's Honor Roll
George Kunkel, Baruch College, Sophomore, Forward, 6'3", Glendale, NY/Archbishop Molloy
Ben Nwachukwu, Columbia University, Senior, Center, 6'8" 240 lbs., Enugu, Nigeria/St. Augustine (NJ)
Jonathan Schmidt, C.W. Post, Junior, Guard, 6'0", 185 lbs., Centereach, NY/St. Anthony's
Sean Baptiste, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Sophomore, Guard, 6'3", 185 lbs, North Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph's of Metuchen
Erastus Shannon, Farmingdale State, Junior, Forward, 6'5", 225 lbs., Amityville, NY/Copiague
Michael Marin, Mercy College, Junior, Guard, 6'3", 180 lbs., Flushing, NY/St. Francis Prep
Ricky Lucas, Stony Brook, Senior, Forward, 6'4", 215 lbs., Herndon, VA/Herndon
Brandon Freeman, St. Joseph's-LI, Senior, Forward, 6'4", Freeport, NY/Freeport

About the PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Player of the Week Award
Founded for the 2004-05 season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of eight media members votes to select from the nominations the most outstanding player. Any player who receives any votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll.

About PrestoSports
PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the college basketball in the New York area, and specifically the MBWA. We are pleased to recognize the best athletic achievements in the Tri-state area. A Maryland-based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III.

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