Courtesy of PatriotLeague.org
Lids Team Sports Patriot League Player of the Week
AUSTIN TILLOTSON, COLGATE Sr., G, 6-0, 175; York, Pa./Eastern York
Tillotson averaged 17.0 points and 5.5 assists to lead Colgate to a pair of wins last week and into third place in the Patriot League at 4-2 in the standings. He started by scoring a team-high 18 points while shooting 7-of-12 from the field and 4-of-7 from three-point range in an 80-66 win at home against Army West Point on Wednesday, adding three steals, two assists and two rebounds in the effort. Tillotson nearly had a double-double on Saturday as he notched 16 points and nine assists as Colgate dealt Bucknell its first Patriot League loss with an 84-73 victory on the road. He hit 9-of-12 free throws in the contest to help the Raiders post the key road win. In the six Patriot League games, Tillotson stands third among all players with 17.3 points per contest and second with 6.0 assists per game. He has 1,170 points in his career, and is just 19 away from 1,000 in his time at Colgate in his third season with the Raiders. Tillotson becomes Colgate’s first Lids Team Sports Patriot League Player of the Week honoree since he claimed the award early in the 2013-14 season.
Lids Team Sports Patriot League Rookie of the Week
KYLE LEUFROY, LEHIGH Fr., G, 6-3, 195; Pasadena, Calif./Benicia
Leufroy had a pair of solid efforts as he helped Lehigh split its games last week by averaging 18.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest. He had a career night on Monday in an 82-76 loss to Bucknell by scoring 23 points while also adding four steals and four rebounds in the contest. Leufroy then helped Lehigh to an 87-66 win at Holy Cross on Saturday by totaling 13 points and nine rebounds to just miss a double-double. He shot well in both games and finished at 13-of-23 (56.5%) from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range for the week while making all six of his foul shots. Leufroy also averaged 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals for the week. He is named Lids Team Sports Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season, matching Boston University’s Kyle Foreman and Holy Cross’ Karl Charles for the most in the League.
Honorable Mention
TIM KEMPTON, LEHIGH Jr., F/C, 6-10, 225; Scottsdale, Ariz./Brophy College Prep
Kempton averaged 24.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while making 17-of-22 shots from the field and 15-of-18 at the foul line in two games for Lehigh last week.
CHRIS HASS, BUCKNELL Sr., G, 6-5, 190; Pellston, Mich./Pellston
Hass averaged 19.5 points as Bucknell split a pair of games last week, with 21 in a win over Lehigh on Monday.
WILL KELLY, NAVY Sr., C, 6-9, 238; Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape
Kelly put up 10.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per contest to help Navy win its two games last week.
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