NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference has named Rhode Island junior Jaden House its Men's Basketball Player of the Week. George Washington freshman Garrett Johnson was chosen as the league’s Rookie of the Week. The awards, which are the first of the season, were announced Monday and are for games played Nov. 6-12.
 
House opened his Rhode Island career with back-to-back 20-point games, scoring 25 in an 81-70 win over Central Connecticut State and following that with 22 in a 93-80 win over Fairfield. He is the first Ram to begin the season with two straight 20-point games in 12 years. The guard from Richmond, Va., shot .655 from the floor (19-for-29), shooting 10-for-18 against CCSU and 9-for-11 against Fairfield. He also was 5-for-8 from 3-point range. He averaged 23.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game.
 
In his return to competitive basketball in two and a half years, Johnson excelled in GW's 2-0 week. A combo guard/forward from Oakton, Va., he averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks while shooting 70 percent (12-of-17) from the floor, 60 percent (6-for-10) from deep and he was perfect (6-of-6) at the line Johnson earned the start in his career debut, scored 10 of GW's first 17 points and finished with a team-high 21 points and nine rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting, including 5-of-7 from beyond the arc. He became the first GW freshman to score at least 20 points in their career debut since at least 2000. He followed it up with 15 points and six boards against William & Mary on Saturday.
 
HONOR ROLL
Davidson’s Grant Huffman averaged 10.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists in leading the ‘Cats to wins over Maryland and Washington & Lee and a narrow loss to Clemson … Davidson freshman Bobby Durkin had a big debut, knocking down eight triples, four of which came against Maryland, including the eventual game winner …  DaRon Holes II recorded 18 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game for Dayton in a split week  … Jimmy Clarke III dished out a whopping 7.5 assists per game in Duquesne two wins last week, and also scored 17 points per game with three steals in each game … Amari Kelly scored 15.5 points and grabbed 6.5 rebounds per game in two George Mason wins last week while also blocking three shots … George Washington’s Maximus Edwards nearly averaged a double-double with 17.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in the Revolutionaries two victories … La Salle’s Jhamir Brickus had opened the season with back-to-back strong games, with 18 points and five rebounds versus Drexel and 22 points, three rebounds and six assists against Northeastern, both Explorer wins… Des Watson scored 24 points in a win over Eastern Illinois on 8-of-11 (.727) shooting, 6-of-8 (.750) of which came from 3-point range, in his second Loyola-Chicago game … Loyola freshman Miles Rubin scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in two games for the Ramblers last week …  Rhody freshman David Fuchs opened his career with two double-digit scoring games, including a 15 point, 11-rebounds double-double with three steals versus Fairfield … Richmond’s Jordan King had a monster week, averaging 22.0 points per game with five steals, shooting 15-25 (.600) from the field and 8-for-15 (.533) from three … Charles Pride  recorded 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds for St. Bonaventure, collecting two assists, a block and two steals in the opening week … Saint Joseph’s Lynn Greer III averaged 14 points, 7.5 assists per game in two wins and he handed out a career-high 11 assists to go with 13 points for a double-double in Friday’s win over Penn … SJU freshman Christ Essandoko grabbed 10 rebounds and scored nine points in collegiate debut against Penn … Saint Louis’ Terrance Hargrove scored 48 points in SLU”s three opening games, including a 27-point, 15-rebound double-double in the season opener versus Southern Indiana.