NEW YORK – For the third-straight week and seventh time this season Liam McNeeley has been named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday (March 3) morning. In addition junior Tarris Reed Jr. made his first career weekly honor roll after a pair of dominant performances in a 2-0 week.
McNeeley averaged 15.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds in wins vs. Georgetown and at Providence while shooting 50.0 percent from the floor and 45.5 percent from 3-point range. He opened the week with 17 points, four assists and two steals while logging 35 minutes in the win over the Hoyas on Feb. 26. McNeeley one of five Huskies in double figures on Saturday at PC, netting 14 points to go with three rebounds and three assists.
Reed Jr. averaged 22.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in a 2-0 week, shooting 78.3 percent from the floor and notching two '20 and 10' double-doubles. The big man started the week with 20 points and 10 rebounds on Wednesday vs. Georgetown, going 8-of-10 from the floor and adding a block. He followed that with a career performance at Providence on Saturday, setting new personal-bests across the board with 24 points, 18 rebounds and six blocked shots. It was the fifth-most rebounds for a Husky in a BIG EAST game all-time.
No other player in America this season has recorded a line of at least 24-18-6 as Reed Jr. did on Saturday and it has only happened 16 times over the last 20 seasons (including by former Huskies Adama Sanogo and Hasheem Thabeet). It was also one of four 20-15-5 games across the NCAA this season and the lone such performance in a high-major game.
The Huskies are back in action on Wednesday night when they host No. 21 Marquette at Gampel Pavilion for an 8:30 p.m. tip.
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