Jeremy VanDuluitgaarden, D'Youville College, Men's Basketball
VanDuluitgaarden became the fifth player in program history to score 1,000 points for the D'Youville men's basketball team. VanDuluitgaarden began the week by scoring 13 points with 10 rebounds and three assists against the ninth ranked team in the country, the Whitworth Pirates. Then on Wednesday, the senior scored a team high 21 points against Lewis & Clark to go with nine rebounds and two assists while scoring his 1,000th point in the first half. He averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds per game last week. VanDuluitgaarden currently leads the team and conference in scoring with 17.6 points per game and is fifth in the AMCC in rebounding with 7.9 rebounds per game.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: D'Youville G Jeremy VanDuluitgaarden became the fifth player in program history to score 1,000 points for the D'Youville men's basketball team. VanDuluitgaarden began the week by scoring 13 points with 10 rebounds and three assists against the ninth ranked team in the country, the Whitworth Pirates. Then on Wednesday, the senior scored a team high 21 points against Lewis & Clark to go with nine rebounds and two assists while scoring his 1,000th point in the first half. He averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds per game last week. VanDuluitgaarden currently leads the team and conference in scoring with 17.6 points per game and is fifth in the AMCC in rebounding with 7.9 rebounds per game.
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