UTICA, NY – SUNYIT senior David Golembiowski (Barneveld, NY/Holland Patent) has been selected to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for the second time this season. The honor marks the sixth overall Player of the Week award that the 6-foot-7 forward has earned this season, as he has also won three NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week wards and two ECAC Player of the Week awards.
Golembiowski had an outstanding finish to the regular season, helping the Wildcats to two conference victories last week. He opened the week by shining on the team's Senior Night, registering a game-high 29 points and a season-high five assists to go along with eight rebounds and five blocks in an 84-71 victory over Morrisville State Wednesday. He then followed that up with game highs of 26 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in a convincing 90-59 win over Cazenovia Saturday to close out the regular season.
Golembiowski is currently seventh in the nation in points per game (24.5), while being 13th in double-doubles (14), 14th in rebounds per game (11.4) and 28th in blocks per game (2.4). He also leads the team in points, rebounds, blocks and 3-pointers made.
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The SUNYIT men's basketball team finished 13-5 in conference play and will now head into this weekend's NEAC Championship Tournament as the second seed. The Wildcats, who have won the last two NEAC championships, earned a first-round bye in the six-team tournament and will advance to Saturday's semifinal round. They will take on the winner of Friday's quarterfinal round match between No. 3 seed Wells College and No. 6 SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday at 2:00 pm.
Penn State Harrisburg earned the top seed and the right to host the tournament after finishing 14-4 in NEAC play. They will square off against the winner of Friday's quarterfinal round match between No. 4 seed Gallaudet University and No. 5 seed SUNY Morrisville on Saturday at 4:00 pm.
The championship contest is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 pm.