UDC’s Joseph Nickerson Earns East Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – The University of the District of Columbia's Joseph Nickerson was named East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for his performance in the week ending January 15^th.

Nickerson averaged 27.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.0 assists per-game in a 2-0 week for the Firebirds. He shot 52.6 percent from the field (20-for-38) and 90 percent (9-for-10) from the foul line in steering the Firebirds to back-to-back league wins.

First, in a 90-79 UDC win over Molloy that saw the Firebirds overcome a 48-38 halftime deficit, Nickerson registered 28 points, seven rebounds, five steals and three assists. Then, Nickerson packed the stat sheet once more in an 84-80 win at Mercy, compiling 26 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Nickerson, a senior guard out of Newark, NJ, is currently No. 1 in all of NCAA Division II for steals per-game with 3.20. Meanwhile, the Firebirds as a team are 13^th in the nation for free-throw percentage (78.1), 18^th in steals per-game (9.3), 28^th in turnover margin (3.6) and 33^rd in blocked shots per-game (4.4).

The Firebirds (10-6, 7-1 ECC) have won their last four straight games and seven of their last eight, as they currently stand in 1^st place in the ECC standings.

UDC has two road tests coming up this week – first, at the University of Bridgeport on Wednesday, January 18^th and then at Daemen College on Saturday, January 21^st.