MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Connor Evans (Wilkes / So. / G / Cicero, N.Y.) led Wilkes a 2-0 week in conference play while averaging 17.5 points, 3.5 steals, three rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, and shooting 60 percent from behind the arc. Evans finished with a game-high 21 points with three steals, three rebounds and 6-of-10 shooting in a 74-59 win over FDU-Florham. Evans then scored a team-high 14 points with four assists, four steals and three rebounds in a 68-63 overtime win over Manhattanville. The sophomore finished the game shooting 4-of-6 from behind the arc, and scored six-straight points over 20 seconds in overtime to turn a five-point deficit into a one-point lead the Colonels would not give up.