Men's Basketball (for the week ending November 30, 2008)

Division II

Player of the Week

Laurence Ekperigin - Le Moyne College
Junior, Forward, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.

Ekperigin averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds and three assists per game, while registering a 75 percent shooting percentage. The junior tallied a game-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 77-68 loss at American International. Later in the week, he scored 24 points and pulled down 11 more rebounds, while dishing out four assists, blocking three shots and recording two steals in a 79-76 loss to Assumption.

Division III - New England

 
Player of the Week

Graham Whitelaw - Endicott College
Junior, Guard, Kennebunk, Maine

Whitelaw led Endicott to a 2-1 week as the leading scorer in each game.  For the week, Whitelaw shot 24-for-39 from the field and 7-for-12 from the three-point line.  The junior scored a career-high 30 points in a loss to Colby, while notching 11 points and eight rebounds in a 74-63 victory over Medgar Evers.  Whitelaw closed out his week with a 20-point performance in a 60-58 win over Western Connecticut State.

Division III - Upstate

 
Player of the Week

Jeff Bostic - Ithaca College
Senior, Forward/Center, Genesee, N.Y.

Bostic was named the Most Valuable Player of the National City Tournament at Allegheny.  In the title game, Bostic recorded his third double-double of the season with 19 points and 22 rebounds.  For the week, the senior averaged 17 rebounds a game.

Division III - Metro

 
Player of the Week

Tim Wesley - Ramapo College
Senior, Forward, Jersey City, N.J.

Wesley recorded a triple-double in the Roadrunners only game of the week.  In the 83-74 win over York (N.Y.), Wesley scored 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting, while adding 10 rebounds, and 11 assists.  The senior recorded the first triple-double in the conference since 2005.

Division III - South

Player of the Week

Jack Anderson - Carnegie Mellon University
Junior, Forward, Beaver Falls, Pa.

Anderson was named Most Outstanding Player at the Radisson/Carnegie Mellon Tournament.  In a 3-0 week for the Tartans, the junior averaged 15.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, while shooting 50 percent from three-point range.  Against No. 21 Wooster, Anderson scored a career-high 19 points in the 74-68 win.  The forward recorded his first career double-double, tallying 15 points and 12 rebounds in a 61-56 victory over Catholic.