Week Six Men's Winner

PRESTOSPORTS/MBWA MEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Billups Becomes Go-To- Player for Purchase College, Earns Award

WHITE PLAINS, NY (19 January 2009) – This week’s men’s PrestoSports/Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week is Marvin Billups (Chester, NY/Monroe-Woodbury) of Purchase College. Not normally the focus of the offense, Billups led the Panthers (8-4, 4-2 Skyline Conference) to a 2-0 week, with wins over Mt. St. Vincent 97-78 and Polytechnic University 104-95.

Playing without their top player due to injury, Billups carried Purchase, netting 46 points and 13 rebounds against Skyline Conference rival the College of Mt. St. Vincent. He followed that performance with another strong outing against Polytechnic. The sophomore scored 26 points in the road win. He also swiped nine steals in two games. For the week, the 6’5” big man connected on 20 of his 26 free throw attempts.

Purchase is currently in third place in the Skyline Conference with a 4-2 mark. The Panthers will host SUNY Maritime tonight at seven p.m., then Farmingdale State on Wednesday at eight. On Saturday, they will travel to Mt. St. Mary College for an afternoon contest.

This Week's Honor Roll
Casey Cosgrove, Adelphi University, Junior, Guard, 5’10”, Andover, MA/Andover
Gage Daye, Bloomfield College, Sophomore, Guard, 6'2”, 170 lbs., Newark, NJ/ St. Mary's Elizabeth
Nick Carter, LIU - C.W. Post, Senior, Guard, 6’2”, 185 lbs., Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman
Rashawn Smalls, New Jersey City University, Freshman, Forward, 6’2”, 199 lbs., Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson
J. J. Walsh, St. Joseph's College - Long Island, Senior, Forward, 6’5”, Brentwood, NY/Brentwood

About the PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Player of the Week Award
Celebrating its fifth season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members votes to select the winners from the nominations. All players who receive votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll.

About PrestoSports
PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the college basketball in the New York area, and specifically the MBWA. We are pleased to recognize the best athletic achievements in the Tri-state area. A Maryland-based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III.

--MBWA--




Home About Men's Nomination Form Women's Nomination Form 2004-05 Winners 2005-06 Winners 2006-07 Winners 2007-08 Winners 2008-09 Winners	Week Six Men's Winner PRESTOSPORTS/MBWA MEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK Billups Becomes Go-To- Player for Purchase College, Earns Award WHITE PLAINS, NY (19 January 2009) – This week’s men’s PrestoSports/Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week is Marvin Billups (Chester, NY/Monroe-Woodbury) of Purchase College. Not normally the focus of the offense, Billups led the Panthers (8-4, 4-2 Skyline Conference) to a 2-0 week, with wins over Mt. St. Vincent 97-78 and Polytechnic University 104-95. Playing without their top player due to injury, Billups carried Purchase, netting 46 points and 13 rebounds against Skyline Conference rival the College of Mt. St. Vincent. He followed that performance with another strong outing against Polytechnic. The sophomore scored 26 points in the road win. He also swiped nine steals in two games. For the week, the 6’5” big man connected on 20 of his 26 free throw attempts. Purchase is currently in third place in the Skyline Conference with a 4-2 mark. The Panthers will host SUNY Maritime tonight at seven p.m., then Farmingdale State on Wednesday at eight. On Saturday, they will travel to Mt. St. Mary College for an afternoon contest. This Week's Honor Roll Casey Cosgrove, Adelphi University, Junior, Guard, 5’10”, Andover, MA/Andover Gage Daye, Bloomfield College, Sophomore, Guard, 6'2”, 170 lbs., Newark, NJ/ St. Mary's Elizabeth Nick Carter, LIU - C.W. Post, Senior, Guard, 6’2”, 185 lbs., Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman Rashawn Smalls, New Jersey City University, Freshman, Forward, 6’2”, 199 lbs., Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson J. J. Walsh, St. Joseph's College - Long Island, Senior, Forward, 6’5”, Brentwood, NY/Brentwood About the PrestoSports/MBWA Weekly Player of the Week Award Celebrating its fifth season, the Player of the Week Award is granted on a weekly basis by the New York Area Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Each week, each of the nearly 75 schools that play college basketball in the Tri-state area have the ability to nominate one male and one female student-athlete, based upon their on-court accomplishments over the previous seven days. An esteemed panel of media members votes to select the winners from the nominations. All players who receive votes, but are not named the Player of the Week, are then named to the Honor Roll. About PrestoSports PrestoSports is proud to sponsor the college basketball in the New York area, and specifically the MBWA. We are pleased to recognize the best athletic achievements in the Tri-state area. A Maryland-based company, PrestoSports is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices used for designing, building and maintaining official athletic websites. With clients across the country, PrestoSports focuses on smaller schools and conferences in NCAA Divisions II and III. --MBWA--