NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Dayton junior Charles Cooke was named the Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Monday, while Saint Louis freshman Jermaine Bishop was selected as the league’s Rookie of the Week. The awards are for games played Jan 18-24.
Cooke led Dayton to a pair of road wins, scoring 47 points while taking just 22 shots. He averaged 23.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals a game, shooting 72.7 percent (16-of-22) from the field and 72.7 percent (8-of-11) from 3-point range. A guard from Trenton, N.J., Cooke scored 21 points at St. Bonaventure and then had a career-high 26 points at Fordham. After UD took a big lead at SBU, the Bonnies mounted a comeback that had them down six with when Cooke blocked Marcus Posley's 3-point attempt to seal the win. While Fordham was cutting the Dayton lead down to single digits late, Cooke went on a personal 8-0 run in the final five minutes to secure the victory. Cooke has scored in double figures in 11 straight games, and is averaging 20.3 points a game in A-10 play.
Bishop led the Billikens with 18.5 points per game last week as SLU picked up a pair of wins - at home against Davidson and on the road at UMass. The guard from Queens, N.Y., shot a sizzling 61.9 percent from the field, averaged 4.5 rebounds per game and dished out seven assists while committing just one turnover. He scored a career-high 23 points in the win over Davidson, which included a perfect 8-of-8 performance from the stripe and a career-high three 3-pointers. He also had a career high six rebounds and six assists against the Wildcats. Bishop then scored 14 points on the road in the win at UMass. He earned his first A-10 Rookie of the Week honor last week.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Davidson’s Jack Gibbs scored 26 points, had six rebounds, five assists, and three steals at Saint Louis… UD freshman Steve McElvene scored had three blocked shots in two Dayton wins, moving him into the Dayton top 10 single-season blocks after just 18 games … L.G. Gill scored 18 points in each of Duquesne’s games last week, shooting 50 percent (13-for-26) from the field and 54.5 percent (6-of-11) from three … Marquise Moore had a 12-point, 16-rebound double-double versus Duquesne and scored 18 at Fordham … Jarvis Garrett scored 15 points on 6-for-13 from the field and 3-of-5 from three in Rhode Island’s lone game at GW ... St. Bonaventure’s Marcus Posley averaged 30.5 points against two of the A-10's top defensive teams - 31 vs. Dayton and 30 at VCU and now has four games this season of 30 points or more … Saint Joseph’s DeAndre’ Bembry averaged 16.5 points per game, 5.0 assists per game and 4.0 steals per game in a pair of Philadelphia wins for the Hawks … Saint Louis’ Ash Yacoubou scored a career-high 27 points on 12-of-21 (.571) from the field and 3-for-6 (.500) from 3-point range … JeQuan Lewis averaged 18.5 points and 7.5 assists in two VCU wins, including 26 points and seven dimes in a rallying win over St. Bonaventure Sunday.