Kemp and Stores Earn MAAC Men's Basketball Weekly Honors
MAAC Sports
Player of the Week
Adam Kemp, Marist, Jr., C, 6-10, 235, Sherrill, N.Y./Winchendon School (Mass.)
Kemp had a breakout week of play with a pair of stellar outings for the Red Foxes in back-to-back wins versus 2012 NCAA Tournament teams - Thursday at Iona and Sunday against Loyola. The junior center had a record-worthy performance in Thursday's 105-104 double overtime win as he became the first Division I player to register 29 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocks in a game since Rider's Jason Thompson went for 31 points, 16 rebounds, and seven blocks in January of 2007. Not wanting to let down his team or home fans at McCann Arena on Sunday, Kemp followed up his effort with 23 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks against Loyola in the Red Foxes' 69-64 victory. These back-to-back outings of 20+ points and 10+ rebounds were the first by a MAAC player during the 2012-13 season. For the week, Kemp averaged 26.0 points, 14.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks in 41.0 minutes of action per game, while shooting a sterling 70.8 percent (17-24) from the field.
Rookie of the Week
RaShawn Stores, Manhattan, So., G, 5-11, 190, Bronx, N.Y./All Hallows/Robinson School
Stores exploded for 13 points shooting 3-for-3 beyond the arc to help lead the Jaspers to a 67-54 victory over Canisius on Thursday. He accounted for more than half of the Jaspers' 25 bench points as he shot 4-for-5 (80%) from the free throw line and dished out two assists. Stores erupted to score Manhattan's last nine points in the first half to give the Jaspers a comfortable 16-point cushion by intermission. The Jaspers led by double digits the rest of the way. He leads Manhattan with 55 assists this season. It was his second straight game and fifth time this season that Stores scored in double figures.