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 Firebirds' 108-89 win over New York Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 11^th. This marks his 3^rd ECC Player of the Week honor this season.

Nickerson, who was coming off what was previously a career-high 35-point scoring effort last Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas, finished Saturday's game vs. the Bears with a new career high of 37 points – marking the 2^nd game in a row and the 4^th time in his career he has scored over 30 points in a game. He connected on his first three shot attempts of the game – all three-pointers – and helped UDC race out to an early 13-2 lead, from which, the Firebirds never looked back. For the entire game, he shot 12-of-18 (67-percent) from the field, 5-of-7 (71-percent) from long range, and 8-of-9 (89-percent) at the foul line.

Also, Nickerson entered Saturday's game ranked No. 2 in the nation for steals per-game (3.0), and went out and tied his career-high with six thefts while also hauling in a team-best nine rebounds and handing out two assists.

Nickerson and the Firebirds (12-10, 9-5 ECC) visit ECC foe LIU Post on Wednesday, February 15^th and then return to the nation's capital to host Mercy College on Sunday, February 19^th.