WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 Conference has named Dayton redshirt senior Enoch Cheeks as its Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Saint Joseph’s freshman Dasear Haskins chosen as the league’s Rookie of the Week. The awards were announced Monday and are for games played Nov. 25 – Dec . 1.
 
Against three Top 12 teams at the Maui Invitational, Cheeks averaged 15.7 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting .548 (17-of-31) from the field and .474 from three. The guard from Providence, R.I., scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a two-point loss to No. 12 North Carolina, and added 16 points and six rebounds in a five-point loss against fifth-ranked Iowa State. In the Flyers' third game in three days, he scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a win over second-ranked UConn. He made 8-of-12 (.750) field goals and 3-of-5 (.600) 3-pointers. He scored 10 of his 20 points in a three-minute span as UD took the lead from single digits to 16 with just over a minute to go.
 
Haskins had a breakout game with a career-high 15 points on 6-of-8 (.750) shooting including a trio of 3-pointers as the Hawks downed Coppin State in their only game of the week. The guard from Willingboro, N.J., ignited the St. Joe's offense from the bench as his back-to-back offensive rebounds led to five SJU points that began a 11-0 run midway through the first half to open up the game.
 
HONOR ROLL
Reed Bailey averaged 15.3 points per game against No. 24 Arizona, No. 3 Gonzaga and Providence, scoring 19 versus Gonzaga, and had an 18-point, 11 rebound double-double in the win over the Friars … Davidson freshman Roberts Blums totaled 18 points in the three Davidson games, including scoring 11 points and shooting 50 percent from the floor against No. 3 Gonzaga. … Dayton freshman Amaël L'Etang scored 13 points in 12 minutes in a two-point loss to No. 12 North Carolina in the first round of the Maui Invitational … Jalen Haynes scored a game-high 20 points (on 8-of-13 field goals to go along with a team-best eight rebounds in a road win for George Mason at James Madison … George Washington’s Trey Autry continued shot the ball at an incredible rate in GW's two games this week, averaging 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 62.5% percent overall and 64.3 percent from 3-point range … Corey McKeithan scored 28 points, shooting 10-for-19 (52.6 percent) from the field and 3-6 (50 percent) from deep while contributed four assists and three rebounds In La Salle’s win over Temple … David Green averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists while leading Rhode Island to two wins at the Jacksonville Classic, shooting .545 from 3-point range (6-for-11) and .591 from the field overall (13-for-22) … Dasonte Brown matched career-high of 17 points, adding three assists, and went 4-of-6 (.667) from the floor, in St. Bonaventure’s win over Northern Iowa, followed by 15 points with four assists, and four rebounds versus Utah State … Isaiah Swope led Saint Louis with 28.0 points per game last week, earning 314 Classic tournament MVP for his efforts, which included tying his career-high with 30 points in the win against Quinnipiac and followed with a game-high 26 points against UMass Lowell with six assists and two steals in both games … SLU freshman Amari McCottry came off the bench in both Billiken wins last week and contributed 5.5 points and 5.0 rebounds  and he recorded three steals … VCU freshman Terrence Hill, Jr.,  scored a season-high 16 points -- all in the second half -- of VCU's win over Elizabeth City State