NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference has named Dayton junior Nate Santos and George Mason sophomore Keyshawn Hall its Men's Basketball Co-Players of the Week. George Washington freshman Garrett Johnson was chosen as the league’s Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week. The awards were announced Monday and are for games played Nov. 13-19.
 
Santos was named to the All-Tournament Team of the Shriners Children's Hospitals Charleston Classic, leading the Flyers to a second-place finish. He averaged 17.0 points and 6.3 rebounds while leading the tournament in field goal percentage (.680, 17-of-25). The forward from Geneva, Ill., also shot .636 (7-for-11) from distance and .714 (10-of-14) from the line. He sunk the game-winning trey with 4.1 seconds left in Dayton's come-from behind win over LSU, leading the Flyers with 19 points. He also scored 18 in an impressive win over St. John's in the semifinals. In the championship game against No. 6 Houston, he added 14 points.
 
Hall exploded for averages of 23.5 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the floor (16-of-32) in two games for George Mason. He also dished out 2.0 assists per game, made 41.7 percent of his 3-point attempts (5-of-13) and went 10-of-12 (.833) from the line. A guard/forward from Cleveland, he opened his week in Mason's win over top-125 opponent Cornell and tallied career bests in points (29), rebounds (12) and assists (3) while making 11-of-18 field goal attempts. He followed that up with an 18-point, 8-rebound effort in Mason's Sunday game against Charlotte.
 
Johnson followed up his A-10 Rookie of the Week honor with another impressive week averaging 16.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and 1.0 steals while shooting 50 percent from the field, 42 percent from deep and 86 percent from the free throw line. A guard/forward from Oakton, Va., Johnson scored 15 in Tuesday's victory over Hofstra on 5-of-12 (.417) shooting, adding eight rebounds and two steals. He then tallied his first career double-double on Saturday versus New Hampshire, posting 18 points and 10 rebounds along with two blocks. He canned four 3-pointers in the first half and made 6-of-10 (.600) shots overall. Johnson has recorded at least 15 points and six rebounds in all four of GW's games this season.
 
HONOR ROLL
Duquesne’s Dae Dae Grant averaged 19.3 points and 2-7 assists per game in a 2-1 week for the Dukes, including 23 points in a win over Rider … James Bishop IV had 15.5 points and 5.5 assists in two wins for George Washington last week, recording eight assists against New Hampshire …  La Salle’s Khalil Brantley recorded 21.5 points per game, scoring 30 points on 10-of-16 shooting (.625) in the Explorers win over Southern Indiana …  Des Watson finished with 32 points across two games for Loyola Chicago last week, scoring 19 on 7-of-13 form the field in the Ramblers’ win over New Orleans … Loyola freshman Miles Rubin recorded a whopping seven blocks last week, averaging 3.5 per game to go with 16 total points in two games … Rahsool Diggins scored 22 points, sinking four 3-pointers in Massachusetts’ win over Quinnipiac Rhode Island's Zek Montgomery averaged 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists over three games and was named to the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic All-Tournament Team ... Rhody freshman Cam Estevez scored a career-high 15 points and made three 3-point baskets against Northwesterm … Mika Adams-Woods averaged 14.0 points, in a split week for St. Bonaventure, earning a spot on the Legends Classic All-Tournament Team … Saint Joseph’s freshman Xzayvier Brown scored 21 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists while shooting .727 (8-for-11) in the Hawks’ win over Stonehill … Sincere Parker scored 22 points on 9-of-18 (.500) from the field with eight rebounds and two steals in Saint Louis’ win over Wyoming … SLU freshman Cian Medley dished out 2.7 assists per game, including four dimes against Wichita State … Zeb Jackson averaged 18.5 points in a pair of wins for VCU, scoring 20 versus Seattle and 17 points with five assists against Radford.