NAC Men's Basketball Weekly Awards - Feb. 5, 2024
Player of the Week
Curt Heinz, Maine Maritime Academy
Junior | Stuttgart, Germany
Heinz had a big week for the Mariners, including becoming the 14th men's basketball Mariner to surpass 1,000 career points. Heinz also ended the week with three double-doubles in the Mariners three games this week. Against UMaine-Farmington, Heinz ended with 25 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, four steals, and two blocks. In the Mariners’ win over UMaine-Presque Isle Friday night, Heinz had 11 points, 21 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks, and one steal. In the Mariners’ second match against the Owls, Heinz ended with 25 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, four blocks, and one steal. For the week, Heinz had a total of 20 assists, nine blocks, six steals, and 49 total rebounds. He averaged 20.33 points per game and 16.33 rebounds per game.
Defensive Player of the Week
Isaac McCann, VTSU Lyndon
Senior | Phoenix, Arizona
Isaac was an anchor to the Lyndon defensive scheme that carried the Hornets to a pair of road wins at Lesley over the weekend, the program's first ever sweep of a weekend road series against the same opponent. On Friday, Isaac grabbed eight rebounds against the bigger Lynx, several of them coming down the stretch as Lyndon thwarted a Lynx comeback attempt. On Saturday, he grabbed a game high 10 rebounds and came up with three steals. In addition, he was a key ingredient in a Lyndon defense that limited Lesley's leading scorer to one first half field goal attempt as the Hornets built a 15-point halftime lead. Isaac also had a huge play at the offensive end, as his four-point play early in the second half jump-started the Hornets and shifted momentum back to Lyndon.
Rookie of the Week
Kobe Long, SUNY Cobleskill
Sophomore | Rochester, New York
The Fighting Tiger men’s basketball team moved into second place in the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Western Division standings after posting a 65-59 come from behind road victory over the host Wildcats of SUNY Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday. The team improved to 14-8 overall, including a 9-2 record in league action. In Cobleskill’s only game of the week, sophomore guard Kobe Long led the team’s comeback effort scoring a game high 29 points to go with three rebounds, two blocked shots and an assist. He connected on 10-of-16 shots from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-range, while converting on all four of his free throw attempts.