Courtesy of GoBonnies.com
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – For the second consecutive week, and third time this season, St. Bonaventure freshman Yann Farell has earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors.
Farell helped lead the Bonnies to a victory over Massachusetts this past Saturday, scoring a career-high 22 points as part of a double-double in which he added 10 rebounds. He helped fill the stat sheet with a steal and a block.
The Libreville, Gabon native was on fire during the second half as the Bonnies pulled away, scoring all of his 22 points after intermission. During the second half, he went 9-for-11 from the floor and sank four three-pointers.
With his performance Saturday, Farell is the first Bona freshman to score 20 points in a single half since Andrew Nicholson posted exactly that total in the first half Jan. 31, 2009 at Duquesne.
To put Farell’s single-game effort into further perspective, he is just the fifth Bonnies freshman to score 22 or more points in one contest in the past 30 years. He’s also the first Bona true freshman to score 20 points as part of a double-double since Nicholson went for 29 points and 12 rebounds in that 2009 Duquesne game.
Farell becomes just the third Bonnies player to ever be named A-10 Rookie of the Week at least three times, joining Nicholson (six times in 2008-09) and Alvin Lott (five times in 1983-84).
St. Bonaventure (7-7, 1-0 A-10) is back in action Wednesday at home, hosting George Mason at 7 p.m.
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