Siena's Picket Named Pepsi Zero MAAC Men's Basketball Player & Rookie of the Week
Player and Rookie of the Week
Jalen Pickett, Siena
Fr., Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute (SPIRE Institute (OH))
Pickett had another phenomenal week for the Saints, averaging a double-double with 20.5 points and 10.5 assists over two games against CAA contender Hofstra and Ivy League favorite Harvard. He added averages of 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals, while shooting 58-percent from the field. On Wednesday, he became the first Division I player this season to amass at least both 27 points and 13 assists in a game, per sports-reference.com. Pickett shot 9-12 from the field on the road against the Pride, while committing just one turnover to his 13 assists, which were just two shy of the program's single-game record for assists. Pickett narrowly missed a second straight double-double, as he totaled 14 points and eight assists Saturday to lead Siena over Ivy League preseason favorite Harvard. Pickett becomes the fourth freshman since 1986 to win MAAC Player of the Week; Schadrac Casimir, Iona (Dec. 15, 2014), Darrell Barley, Canisius, (Jan 24, 1994), Lionel Simmons, La Salle (Dec. 21, 1986).
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.